How Israel Created Its Declaration of Independence
Our 5-minute video exploring the creation and content of the Declaration of Independence
About this Video
This whiteboard video shows how Israel wrote its Declaration of Independence in 1948 using the U.S. Declaration and the U.S. Constitution as sources.
The video helps students understand why David Ben-Gurion had a small committee create a Declaration for him to read to the world May 14, 1948. The video provides a quick view at the Declaration's sections, goals and sources and can serve as a starting point for a student assignment analyzing the document in comparison with the U.S. Declaration or in how it represents the ideals of the state.
The full text, with a detailed introduction, is available at https://israeled.org/resources/documents/israel-declaration-independence.
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