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David Ben-Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14 1948, Tel Aviv, Israel, beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, in the old Tel Aviv Museum of Art building on Rotshild St. The exhibit hall and the scroll, which was not yet finished, were prepared by Otte Wallish].


Source: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Picture taken by Rudi Wissenstein.

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Public domain This work or image is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired in Israel. According the UNESCO web site : [1], pictures are released to public domain 50 years from the day the picture was taken, unless the pictures were taken by a public authority (the government), in which case the pictures are released to public domain 50 years from the day of publication. See also Category:PD Israel & British Mandate.

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23:34, 21 April 2005320×228 (17 KB)Ondrejk (Caption: ''David Ben Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948. Tel Aviv, Israel, beneath a large portrait of Theodore Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism.'' Source: jpg of [[)