"The Mandate is Dead! Long Live Our State!" - Ma'ariv Newspaper, The issue announcing the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel - published on the very day of the declaration - May 14, 1948.
Subheading on the title page: "The last British Commissioner leaves the soil of the country", "The Government of the State of Israel obtains power", "Tonight the commander of the Hebrew Police begins his duties". And on inner pages: "Tel Aviv welcomes the new state! The city - in the last hours before the declaration", "London: Now the UN will not be be able to prevent the establishment of the Hebrew state". Also a portrait of David Ben-Gurion. The issue includes reports on the departure of the British commissioner and the establishment of the Israeli government, alongside reports on fighting in Gush Etzion, the Jerusalem road, Kfar Sava, and more.
[4] pages, 43 cm. Very good condition.
