Israel Government & Politics:
Establishment of the State

Government & Politics: Table of Contents | The Basic Laws | The Knesset

Reference

• Background & Overview

Declaration of Independence

• Text of the Declaration
• Invitation to the Signing of the Declaration
• Signatories to the Declaration
• Analysis of the Declaration

International Recognition

• List of Countries to Recognize Israel
• U.S. State Department on the Creation of Israel
• U.S. Grants De-Facto Recognition (May 14, 1948)
• Letter from Provisional Government to the U.S. (May 15, 1948)
• United States Grants De-Jure Recognition (Jan. 31, 1949)