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* May 15 – The [[Israel – United States relations#Recognition of the state of Israel|United States grants ''de facto'' recognition]] to the State of Israel, eleven minutes after it comes into existence,<ref>[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/israel/palestin.htm The United States and the Recognition of Israel: A Chronology] ''Harry S. Truman Library & Museum'' website, accessed April 13, 2011</ref> becoming the first country to recognize the Jewish state.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602447.html Washington's Battle Over Israel's Birth] ''The Washington Post'', May 7, 2008</ref> |
* May 15 – The [[Israel – United States relations#Recognition of the state of Israel|United States grants ''de facto'' recognition]] to the State of Israel, eleven minutes after it comes into existence,<ref>[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/israel/palestin.htm The United States and the Recognition of Israel: A Chronology] ''Harry S. Truman Library & Museum'' website, accessed April 13, 2011</ref> becoming the first country to recognize the Jewish state.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602447.html Washington's Battle Over Israel's Birth] ''The Washington Post'', May 7, 2008</ref> |
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* May 17 – The [[Soviet Union and the Arab–Israeli conflict#Establishment of the State of Israel|Soviet Union grants ''de jure'' recognition]] to the State of Israel, becoming the first country to do so.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/2193961 Recognition of Israel] ''JSTOR'' – ''The American Journal of International Law'', Vol. 4, No. 3, July 1948.</ref> |
* May 17 – The [[Soviet Union and the Arab–Israeli conflict#Establishment of the State of Israel|Soviet Union grants ''de jure'' recognition]] to the State of Israel, becoming the first country to do so.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/2193961 Recognition of Israel] ''JSTOR'' – ''The American Journal of International Law'', Vol. 4, No. 3, July 1948.</ref> |
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* October 29 – The beginning of the [[Israel Defense Force|IDF]]'s [[Operation Hiram]], aimed at conquering the [[Upper Galilee]]. |
* October 29 – The beginning of the [[Israel Defense Force|IDF]]'s [[Operation Hiram]], aimed at conquering the [[Upper Galilee]]. |
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* November 11 – Population Census is held in Israel, six months after its creation, to establish the [[population registry]].<ref name="isr1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/mifkad/census2008_e.pdf|title=The 2008 Israel Integrated Census of Population and Housing: Basic conception and procedure|last=Kamen|first= Charles S.|date=February 2005|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=October 12, 2008 |format=[[PDF]] |page=1| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20081028203850/http://www.cbs.gov.il/mifkad/census2008_e.pdf| archivedate= October 28, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= yes}}</ref> |
* November 11 – Population Census is held in Israel, six months after its creation, to establish the [[population registry]].<ref name="isr1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/mifkad/census2008_e.pdf|title=The 2008 Israel Integrated Census of Population and Housing: Basic conception and procedure|last=Kamen|first= Charles S.|date=February 2005|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=October 12, 2008 |format=[[PDF]] |page=1| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20081028203850/http://www.cbs.gov.il/mifkad/census2008_e.pdf| archivedate= October 28, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= yes}}</ref> |
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* November 16 – ''[[Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen)|Operation Magic Carpet]]'' to transport [[Yemenite Jews|Jews from Yemen]] to [[Israel]] begins. |
* November 16 – ''[[Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen)|Operation Magic Carpet]]'' to transport [[Yemenite Jews|Jews from Yemen]] to [[Israel]] begins. |
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* November 28 – The founding of the [[moshav]] [[Tzova]]. |
* November 28 – The founding of the [[moshav]] [[Tzova]]. |
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Events in the year 1948 in Israel.
Incumbents
- Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion (Mapai), from May 14
- President (or Chairman) of the Provisional State Council of Israel – Chaim Weizmann, from May 17
Events
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine:
- May 14 – The Israeli Declaration of Independence is made in Tel Aviv, the day before the British Mandate is due to expire.
- May 14–18 – 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: Operation Kilshon – Capture by Jewish forces of buildings abandoned by British troops to strengthen the Jewish military position in Jerusalem.
- May 15 – At midnight between May 14 and May 15 the British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated and the State of Israel comes into being.
- May 15 – The United States grants de facto recognition to the State of Israel, eleven minutes after it comes into existence,[1] becoming the first country to recognize the Jewish state.[2]
- May 17 – The Soviet Union grants de jure recognition to the State of Israel, becoming the first country to do so.[3]
1948 Arab–Israeli War:
- May 15 – Five of the seven countries of the Arab League at that time, namely Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, backed by Saudi Arabian and Yemeni contingents, invade[4] the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine and clash with Jewish forces. The resulting 1948 Arab–Israeli War lasts for 13 months.
- May 17 – Chaim Weizmann becomes President (or Chairman) of the Provisional State Council and Israel's de facto Head of State.
- May 18 – Egyptian Bombers attack Tel Aviv, killing approximately 100 civilians.
- May 18 – Poland and Czechoslovakia grant recognition to the State of Israel[5]
- May 19 – Guatemala and Uruguay grant recognition to the State of Israel[5]
- May 20 – The Syrian Army is blocked at kibbutz Degania Alef in the north, where local Jewish militia reinforced by elements of the Carmeli brigade halted Syrian armored forces with Molotov cocktails and a single PIAT.
- May 20 – Operation Balak begins with the objective of transferring arms from Czechoslovakia to Israel.
- May 20 – The first Avia S-199 planes, Israel's first fighter aircrafts arrive in Israel from Czechoslovakia.
- May 24 – South Africa grants recognition to the State of Israel[5]
- May 26 – The Provisional government of Israel decides on the establishment of the Israel Defense Forces (the IDF) and David Ben-Gurion signs the order for its establishment.
- May 27 – The Arab Legion, the army of Transjordan, destroys the Hurva Synagogue.
- May 28 – The Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem falls to the Arab Legion, which destroys all remaining synagogues in the Old City.
- May 29 – Operation Yiftach ends in which the armies of Syria and Lebanon are repelled from the Eastern Upper Galilee.
- May 29 – The Egyptian Army is blocked in the Ad Halom bridge.
- May 29 – The founding of the moshav Shomrat.
- June 1 – The Irgun and the Provisional government of Israel sign an agreement for the dissolution of the Irgun and integratation of its fighters into the IDF.
- June 2 – The IDF's Operation Pleshet starts.
- June 7 – Kibbutz Nitzanim surrenders to the Egyptian Army in the Battle of Nitzanim.
- June 10 – The Syrian Army destroys the Jewish settlement Mishmar HaYarden in the Upper Galilee.
- June 11 – The Irgun's cargo ship Altalena which carries weapons, medical equipment and 930 Jewish immigrants, sets sail from France towards Israel.
- June 20 – The founding of the moshav Netzer Sereni.
- June 20 – Altalena reaches the coast of Israel. The Provisional government of Israel demands that all the weapons on board be handed over to it unconditionally, in accordance with the agreement regarding the integration of the Irgun into the IDF. The Irgun refuses to comply.
- June 22 – A violent confrontation between the IDF and members of the Irgun occurs over the Altalena and David Ben-Gurion eventually orders the IDF to shell the Altalena, and it burns off the shore of Tel Aviv. Sixteen Irgun fighters and three IDF soldiers die in the fighting.
- July 9 – The beginning of the IDF's Operation Dekel, which lasts until the July 18.
- July 10 – Operation Danny: IDF Soldiers capture the strategically important airport at Lydda.
- September 17 – The Lehi assassinates the Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the UN to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
- September 22 - The Provisional State Council of Israel passes the Area of Jurisdiction and Powers Ordnance, 5708-1948, annexing all territory that Israel had captured since the war began, and declaring that any part of Palestine captured and secured by the IDF would automatically be annexed to Israel.[6]
- September 24–27 – 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Transport of Supermarine Spitfires acquired by Israel through Czechoslovakia.
- October 15 – The beginning of the IDF's Operation Yoav, aimed at conquering the whole Negev desert.
- October 19 – The founding of the moshav HaGoshrim.
- October 21 – Battle of Beersheba: The IDF's Negev Brigade occupies Beersheba.
- October 28 – The Israeli flag becomes the official flag of the State of Israel.
- October 29 – The beginning of the IDF's Operation Hiram, aimed at conquering the Upper Galilee.
- November 11 – Population Census is held in Israel, six months after its creation, to establish the population registry.[7]
- November 15 - Israel's fledgling national airline is incorporated as El Al.[8]
- November 16 – Operation Magic Carpet to transport Jews from Yemen to Israel begins.
- November 28 – The founding of the moshav Tzova.
- December 27 – The IDF starts Operation Horev, a wide scale attack against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev.
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The strategically important airport at Lydda following its capture by the IDF in July 1948
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Altalena on fire after being shelled near Tel Aviv
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Israeli forces capture Beersheba during the Battle of Beersheba, October 21, 1948
Notable births
- June 12 – Yossi Beilin, Israeli politician.
- July 16 – Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist.
- July 29 – Meir Shalev, Israeli author.
- September 7 – Dan Halutz, the 18th Chief of Staff of the IDF.
- September 20 – Dudu Dotan, Israeli entertainer (died 2001).
Notable deaths
- May 23 – Thomas C. Wasson (born 1896), US diplomat, assassinated in Jerusalem.
- May 29 - Esther Cailingold (born 1925), British-born Israeli soldier commemorated as a war hero, killed in action in Jerusalem during the battle for the Old City.
- June 10 - Mickey Marcus (born 1901), American-born Israeli general, Israel's first general, shot dead in a case of friendly fire.
- June 30 – Meir Tobianski (born 1904), Russian (Lithuanian)-born Israeli officer executed as a traitor, but later exonerated.
- September 17 – Folke Bernadotte (born 1895), Swedish diplomat, assassinated in Jerusalem.
- October 16 - Modi Alon (born 1921), Israeli fighter pilot and commander of Israel's first fighter squadron, plane crash.
Major public holidays
See also
References
- ^ The United States and the Recognition of Israel: A Chronology Harry S. Truman Library & Museum website, accessed April 13, 2011
- ^ Washington's Battle Over Israel's Birth The Washington Post, May 7, 2008
- ^ Recognition of Israel JSTOR – The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 1948.
- ^ Yoav Gelber, Palestine 1948, 2006—Chap.8 is titled: "The Arab Regular Armies' Invasion of Palestine".
- ^ a b c American Jewish Year Book, 1950 Page 394 (Recognition of Israel)
- ^ AREA OF JURISDICTION AND POWERS ORDINANCE
- ^ Kamen, Charles S. (February 2005). "The 2008 Israel Integrated Census of Population and Housing: Basic conception and procedure" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
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