148 The proclamation of Israel

Upon the proclamation of the State of Israel (on 14 May 1948, the day before the British mandate in Palestine expired), the Nederlandse Zionisten Bond convened a national gathering on 16 May 1948. A choir sang at this event from the children’s village Ilianah, set up in July 1947 near Apeldoorn and providing accommodations to 440 Jewish children, most from Romania, pending their departure for Israel in October 1948. On 15 May Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq invaded Palestine.

Proclamation of a Jewish state
Nederlandse Zionisten Bond
Amsterdam: De Handel, 1948
Poster, 24 x 51

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