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Independence Day (Israel)

Independence Day (Hebrew: יום העצמאות Yom Ha'atzmaut, lit. "Day of Independence") is the national day of Israel, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. For many Israelis, it celebrates the establishment of a Jewish state after centuries of persecution and exile. For many Palestinians, it marks the Nakba ("catastrophe"), associated with displacement during the 1948 war. The day is observed with official ceremonies, public events, and cultural activities.

The holiday is typically observed on the 5th of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar, corresponding to the 1948 declaration. To avoid Sabbath desecration, it may be shifted by one or two days if 5 Iyar falls near the Sabbath. Yom Hazikaron, a remembrance day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, precedes Independence Day. In the Hebrew calendar, days begin at sunset, so the holiday is observed from nightfall to the following evening.

The most recent observance occurred from sunset to sunset, 21–22 April 2024. In the Hebrew calendar, days begin in the evening and Independence Day is observed from nightfall until the following evening of the designated day. The most recent occurrence of Yom Haatzmaut took place from sunset to sunset, 4-5 May 2022.

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Independence Day commemorates the establishment of the State of Israel, declared by David Ben-Gurion, leader of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine, on 14 May 1948. The declaration, made hours before the British Mandate of Palestine expired on 15 May 1948, fulfilled the Zionist vision of a Jewish homeland, driven by centuries of antisemitism, pogroms, and the Holocaust, which claimed six million Jewish lives.

Israel's statehood is grounded in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 of 1947, which proposed independent Jewish and Arab states. For the residents of the territory named Palestine, this event is known as the Nakba, marked by the displacement of approximately 700,000 Arabs who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel invoked the Jewish people's natural and historic rights, alongside the UN resolution, concluding with Ben-Gurion's proclamation of the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel. The new state gained swift de facto recognition from the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries. However, neighboring Arab states rejected the declaration, and escalated the ongoing civil conflict into the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. ... Read more

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Independence Day (Israel)

Yom Ha'atzmaut is Israel's national day, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. It is marked by a variety of official and unofficial ceremonies and observances.

Because Israel declared independence on 14 May 1948, which corresponded with the 5th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar in that year, Yom Ha'atzmaut was originally celebrated on that date. However, to avoid Sabbath desecration, it may be commemorated one or two days before or after the 5th of Iyar if it falls too close to the Sabbath. The day preceding Israel's independence day is Yom HaZikaron, which is dedicated to the memory of fallen Israeli soldiers and Israeli civilian victims of terrorism.

In the Hebrew calendar, days begin in the evening; Yom Ha'atzmaut is observed from nightfall until the following evening of the designated day.

History

Israelis observe Yom Ha'atzmaut to commemorate the Israeli Declaration of Independence, which was proclaimed by future Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion on behalf of the Yishuv on 14 May 1948. The mood outside of Ben-Gurion's residence just prior to the announcement was joyous:

The Jews of Palestine ... were dancing because they were about to realize what was one of the most remarkable and inspiring achievements in human history: A people which had been exiled from its homeland two thousand years before, which had endured countless pogroms, expulsions, and persecutions, but which had refused to relinquish its identity—which had, on the contrary, substantially strengthened that identity; a people which only a few years before had been the victim of mankind's largest single act of mass murder, killing a third of the world's Jews, that people was returning home as sovereign citizens in their own independent state.

The State of Israel was founded eight hours before the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine, which was due to finish on 15 May 1948. The operative paragraph of the Declaration of the Establishment of State of Israel of 14 May 1948 expresses the declaration to be by virtue of our natural and historic right and on the basis of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. The operative paragraph concludes with the words of Ben-Gurion, where he thereby declares Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to ... Read more

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