Israel's Declaration of Independence The History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment
Book contents
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I The Setting
- Part II Political Theory
- Part III History
- Part IV Legacy
- 8 The Laws of Israel and the Declaration of Independence
- Conclusion
- Afterword and Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Address by Zalman Rubashov (Shazar) to the Zionist Actions Committee, April 12, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - The Laws of Israel and the Declaration of Independence
from Part IV - Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2022
Book contents
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I The Setting
- Part II Political Theory
- Part III History
- Part IV Legacy
- 8 The Laws of Israel and the Declaration of Independence
- Conclusion
- Afterword and Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Address by Zalman Rubashov (Shazar) to the Zionist Actions Committee, April 12, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The legacy of the Declaration of Independence went on to exceed the most expansive ambitions of its authors. The Declaration’s drafters had thought that they were writing a document whose appearance would change the fate of the Jewish people and whose text would be judged by the standards of history. This was already quite ambitious. David Ben-Gurion had ensured that the document would create a state, that it would be the “Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel.” At the ceremony at which the Declaration was read, Ben-Gurion referred to the Declaration for what it was: “the Declaration of Independence.” A state would be established, and its fate would be determined in the realm of states.
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- Israel's Declaration of IndependenceThe History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment, pp. 235 - 260Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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