Nadene Goldfoot
Israel stated their goals of the new state clearly on May14, 1948 in their Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. "The state of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the in-gathering of the exiles. It was created by idealists with a Utopia in mind. After all, here they were establishing a country with the principals of Judaism at the heart of it in a modern age.
They did their very best. This was at a time that many Jews were living in refugee camps, survivors of the Holocaust with no country to go to, except the hope of Israel. Remember the book, EXODUS by Leon Uris? In 1947 the British forced the ship Exodus 1947, carrying 4,500 Holocaust survivors headed for Palestine, to return to Germany
In 1945: "With few possibilities for emigration, tens of thousands of homeless Holocaust survivors migrated westward to other European territories liberated by the western Allies. There they were housed in hundreds of refugee centers and displaced persons (DP) camps such as Bergen-Belsen in Germany. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the occupying armies of the United States, Great Britain, and France administered these camps."
It will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants.
It will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel.
It will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all the inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.
It will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture. It will safeguard the holy places of all religions and
It will be faithful to the principles of the charter of the United Nations."
November 29, 1947 was the date the UN voted to establish the Jewish state and was about 2 years after the end of World War 2 when 6 million Jews had been slaughtered by the Nazi regime. They wanted to divide the land originally planned to go to the Jewish Homeland into 2 sections; one for the Jews and the other for the Arabs which the Arabs refused. This was because the Arabs had raised the riot act when they realized it was all going to go to the Jews. and they now wanted it all for themselves. The next day the Arabs attacked the Jews in the land and war was on. The United States was the first under Harry Truman to recognize Israel, born on May 14, 1948, the date the British mandate was up. It was accepted by the United Nations. However, the Arabs continued to fight against the new state and the war continued for another year, known as "The War of Independence." It wasn't over until 1949 with an Armistice Agreement referred to as the "Green Line."
May 14, 1948 was the date the British Mandate was up and they left the country. Jews were on their own to defend their newly reclaimed land. The population of Jews was 650,000 that May. We had the right number to start off with. Most were living in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem. It is remembered that Moses left Egypt with 600,000. At the birth in 1948 many Jews were forced out of the Arab homes and immigrated to Israel. . By December 1952 we had 1,629,500. By the 1972 census there were 3,164,000 Jews in Eretz Israel. Today we have about 6,500,000 Jews living in Israel. 1.4 million Arabs also call Israel home and are citizens. The Druze and Circassians even serve in the IDF at their insistence. Otherwise, Arabs are not required to serve.
In another section of the declaration, it said that " We appeal to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream--"The Redemption of Israel." Placing our trust in the Almighty, we affix our signatures to this proclamation...in the city of Tel Aviv, on this Sabbath eve, May 14, 1948. 38 people signed this including David Ben Gurion, Golda Myserson (Meier), and David Zvi Pinkas.
To redeem means to buy back, to repurchase, to get or win back, to liberate by payment; ransom, to free by force, to change for the better, reform, repair, restore, reclaim, to make good, to offset the bad effect of to make worthwhile, rescue, and that the Jews did. They bought land legally from Arab landowners many times over, and these landowners weren't living on the land anymore. They had found greener pastures in France and other countries abroad to enjoy their life.
Amos the Prophet had stated: Amos 9:14-15
I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.
Israel stated their goals of the new state clearly on May14, 1948 in their Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. "The state of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the in-gathering of the exiles. It was created by idealists with a Utopia in mind. After all, here they were establishing a country with the principals of Judaism at the heart of it in a modern age.
They did their very best. This was at a time that many Jews were living in refugee camps, survivors of the Holocaust with no country to go to, except the hope of Israel. Remember the book, EXODUS by Leon Uris? In 1947 the British forced the ship Exodus 1947, carrying 4,500 Holocaust survivors headed for Palestine, to return to Germany
In 1945: "With few possibilities for emigration, tens of thousands of homeless Holocaust survivors migrated westward to other European territories liberated by the western Allies. There they were housed in hundreds of refugee centers and displaced persons (DP) camps such as Bergen-Belsen in Germany. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the occupying armies of the United States, Great Britain, and France administered these camps."
It will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants.
It will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel.
It will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all the inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.
It will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture. It will safeguard the holy places of all religions and
It will be faithful to the principles of the charter of the United Nations."
November 29, 1947 was the date the UN voted to establish the Jewish state and was about 2 years after the end of World War 2 when 6 million Jews had been slaughtered by the Nazi regime. They wanted to divide the land originally planned to go to the Jewish Homeland into 2 sections; one for the Jews and the other for the Arabs which the Arabs refused. This was because the Arabs had raised the riot act when they realized it was all going to go to the Jews. and they now wanted it all for themselves. The next day the Arabs attacked the Jews in the land and war was on. The United States was the first under Harry Truman to recognize Israel, born on May 14, 1948, the date the British mandate was up. It was accepted by the United Nations. However, the Arabs continued to fight against the new state and the war continued for another year, known as "The War of Independence." It wasn't over until 1949 with an Armistice Agreement referred to as the "Green Line."
May 14, 1948 was the date the British Mandate was up and they left the country. Jews were on their own to defend their newly reclaimed land. The population of Jews was 650,000 that May. We had the right number to start off with. Most were living in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem. It is remembered that Moses left Egypt with 600,000. At the birth in 1948 many Jews were forced out of the Arab homes and immigrated to Israel. . By December 1952 we had 1,629,500. By the 1972 census there were 3,164,000 Jews in Eretz Israel. Today we have about 6,500,000 Jews living in Israel. 1.4 million Arabs also call Israel home and are citizens. The Druze and Circassians even serve in the IDF at their insistence. Otherwise, Arabs are not required to serve.
In another section of the declaration, it said that " We appeal to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream--"The Redemption of Israel." Placing our trust in the Almighty, we affix our signatures to this proclamation...in the city of Tel Aviv, on this Sabbath eve, May 14, 1948. 38 people signed this including David Ben Gurion, Golda Myserson (Meier), and David Zvi Pinkas.
To redeem means to buy back, to repurchase, to get or win back, to liberate by payment; ransom, to free by force, to change for the better, reform, repair, restore, reclaim, to make good, to offset the bad effect of to make worthwhile, rescue, and that the Jews did. They bought land legally from Arab landowners many times over, and these landowners weren't living on the land anymore. They had found greener pastures in France and other countries abroad to enjoy their life.
Amos the Prophet had stated: Amos 9:14-15
I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.
Another section states: " After being forcibly exiled from their land (in 70 CE) , the people kept faith with it throughout their dispersion and never ceased to pray and hope for their return to it and for the restoration in it of their political freedom......This right was recognized in the Balfour Declaration of the 2nd November 1917, and re-affirmed in the Mandate of the League of Nations...gave international sanction to the historic connection between the Jewish people and Eretz Israel and to the right of the Jewish people to rebuild its national home." Israel did whatever they had to in establishing the homeland once more. It was all legal. It was on ancient, forgotten, neglected, unwanted land. They have done what Amos prophesied.
Resource: Facts About Israel, Published by the Division of Information, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Declaration+of+Establishment+of+State+of+Israel.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005129
Webster's 7th New Collegiate dictionary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Dec_of_Indep.html
http://www.watchmanbiblestudy.com/Articles/1948PropheciesFulfilled.htm
Resource: Facts About Israel, Published by the Division of Information, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Declaration+of+Establishment+of+State+of+Israel.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005129
Webster's 7th New Collegiate dictionary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Dec_of_Indep.html
http://www.watchmanbiblestudy.com/Articles/1948PropheciesFulfilled.htm
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