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State of Israel
On 14 May 1948, 200 dignitaries gathered to witness the establishment of the state of Israel. Zionist leader Arieh Handler was among them.
On 14 May 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. Tears and applause met the declaration, witnessed by 200 dignitaries, but fighting intensified in the days that followed.
Arieh Handler and Zipporah Porath speak to Lucy Williamson.
(Photo: Young Jewish people celebrate the new state of Israel. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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