one member of this unit was david ben-gurion who would later be israel's first prime minister. the unit also included zab jabotinsky a future zionist leader as well as. soon to be father of a young boy itzhak rabin. within a month general allen be welcomed time vice month in jerusalem there were approximately fifty thousand jews in palestine at this time ten percent of the population among half a million arabs. the great war ended in nine hundred eighty and preparations were made for a peace conference in paris president of the united states woodrow wilson commissioned an investigation into the known turkish areas of the former autumn and . the commission was headed by the academic dr henry kane and the politician charles crane. when it was eventually published the crane king reports proved to be a little dynamite their report stated that the non jewish population of palestine nearly nine tenths of the whole was emphatically against the zionist program. the reporter went on to warn that anti zionist feeling in palestine and syria was intense and not likely to be slapped. in div

the how much of them i thank you on this exact day seventy years ago at almost this exact time david ben-gurion declared israel's independence just eleven minutes later president harry truman caused the united states to be the very first nation to recognize the reborn state of israel he later regretted that he waited so long thank you seventy years since that memorable event almost to the minute the united states finally takes the next step a stab at its embassy in jerusalem israel how again the united states leads the way as the first nation to do so. so many have worked so hard and for so long for this day to come and they all deserve our thanks but make no mistake. today's historic event is attributed to the vision the courage and the moral clarity of one person to whom we owe an enormous and eternal debt of gratitude president donald j. trunk of the house thank you. we have among us an extraordinary gathering of american patriots and israeli leaders i like to recognize a few of them from our host country the president of the state of israel his excellence the roof and rivlin and wishing the

it was david ben-gurion who shaped our strategy is to make the following -- we have to win each and every war. our enemies around have to win only once. that is different -- the only case that with preventive strikes ending up with a major war was justifiable and legitimate when they enabled try to develop nuclear weapons. we did it in iraq and syria ten years ago and contemplated whether there is more focused on this issue and several years ago eight or nine years ago but [inaudible] remember the first and it was initiative by israel with some ideas about how to shape the geopolitical left and it took ten years for me -- i was a ranking general and i said ten years and make could not defeat the babies who were still in the cradles of the sons of the soldiers. when i became prime minister the babies were still being killed for no reason. we don't even have and we don't want settlements or nothing and there is no holy places. in order to cut the -- it was almost in vain. even the second where people now tend to say -- >> in 2006. >> yes, costly but it justified it because we have 12 years

all those was nine years old when zionist leader david ben-gurion proclaimed the establishment of the independent jewish state on may fourteenth one thousand nine hundred eighteen. while people celebrated in tel aviv amas all those of his parents were seventy kilometers away in jerusalem. may fall to you will the friday. girls a little have already been full two or three months previously there are a siege. and the only road which connected to rules limply other parts of the country was practically taken by arabs from time to time convoys with supply would break into the city but we experienced starvation lack of water because the water pumps where blown up by iraqi troops and jerusalem and the water. and fear. nominees always grew up here in jerusalem scared him after hamas neighborhood. today it's home to many ultra-orthodox jews from us all those there are religious zealots he's dedicated his new book dear zealots letters from a divided land to them and other fanatics because he says as a child he was a zealot himself. i thought through the coals of zion on these jewels is one hund

nine hundred forty eight and after nine hundred forty eight the first israeli prime minister david ben-gurion gave orders for an open fire policy on anyone attempting to return to their land economic refugees not militants hundreds were shot in the fifty's hundreds were shot after sixty seven trying to return to their homes hundreds were shot on may fifteenth two thousand and eleven trying to return from lebanon and syria and we see what the palestinians regard as the continuing today this is done in order to maintain israel's jewish majority it says it's as if the us shot mexican migrants in order to maintain a white christian majority so what would you not something a democratic country does what was the u.s. doing here talking about pulling off some mighty coup maybe you know later on this year some great dramatic will than i was going to do it especially with what's happened today it would seem to most people looking on that the two state solution is no more of a distant idea than any and. yes the u.s. is kind of fully put the nail that put the final nail in the coffin of the two state so

national council met in secret session for hours on television founding of the state yes or no david ben-gurion knew that everything spoke against it militarily and politically even the us strongly advised against it but the pain grew and it was now or never. as he made his way through the crowd that afternoon the result had already spread like wildfire the committee voted six to four the yes for israel. we are gathered here today. on the last day of the british mandate on palestine. during our first the establishment of a jewish state in palestine. to be known. as the state of israel. then korean appeal to the arabs we extend a hand in peace. for the first time the ha to guard was played as a national anthem. hope the hope of being a free nation and the land of zion the text says. but as events transpired ben-gurion would later write in his diary. toronto land immeasurable jubilation. and once again i feel like a martyr among cheerful people. on the night after the vote the egyptian air force bombs television jordan syria iraq and lebanon also attacked. behind and in the future gov't we had a

and applause] man: 70 yearsied ago today, at almost this exact time, david ben-gurion declared israel'sndependence. and thet harry truman united states were the first state to recognize the state of israel. he later regretted that he waited so long. all of prayed for for these years -- we open the united states embassy in jerusalem, israel. leads the united states the way as the first nation to do so. so many have worked so hard for so long for this day to come and they all deserve our thanks, but make no mistakes -- make no mistake. today's historic event is attributed to the vision, the courage, and the moral clarity to one person to whom we owe an enormous and a terminal debt of gratitude, president donald j. trump. [applause] we have an extra in her gathering of american patriots and israeli leaders. from our host country, his wishing the- in best to his wife. israel,e minister of benjamin netanyahu. jerusalem and his wife. the speaker. the leader of the opposition, isaac herzog and his wife. the deputy chief justice of the israel supreme court. the chief rabbi of israel. and the fo

early one nine hundred forty eight despite the presence of the british the jewish agency led by david ben-gurion asserted increasing military and mr tive influence in palestine jewish paramilitary forces included the hagana the irgun and the stern . during the first half of one nine hundred forty eight their numbers swelled to as many as forty thousand men and women. on the other side there were as few as three thousand palestinian irregulars. this was the remnants of the fighting force smashed by the british after the arab revolt in ninety six. there were also an estimated four thousand volunteers from the region known as the arab liberation army led by an arab nationalist. a look. in terms of fighters the palestinians were outnumbered and outgunned small group of that is leaders and military commanders met regularly on the weekly basis from february one thousand forty seven to february nineteenth for only a year planning the ethnic cleansing. didn't decide about it in a day they had the weekly meetings and each week they became more and more convinced this was the right way forward in the firs

the voice there david ben-gurion declaring the establishment of the state of israel in maine one nine hundred forty eight. the balfour declaration was a letter sent by british foreign secretary arthur balfour to a member of the british house of lords child on the second of november one thousand nine hundred seventeen. this letter sent to a leading figure in the british jewish community one hundred years ago had repercussions which even its authors cannot have imagined. whatever its real intentions it went on to have a profound impact on the middle east and its people. and its effects still resonates across the region today. in one nine hundred fourteen these soldiers were fighting on the battlefields of europe in the first world war the allies britain france and russia fought the central powers of germany austria-hungary and the ottoman empire for four years but the land and sea war was not the only battleground. muscle was also being flexed behind closed doors as allies conspired how to redraw mouth's to their own advantage when the conflict eventually ceased. sir mark sykes for the

partition of palestine into separate jewish and palestinian states in one hundred forty eight david ben-gurion declared israel's independence to palestinians the following day is known as the nakba the day of the catastrophe which symbolizes the deploy displacement of hundreds of thousands of their people and you talk a little bit more about what happened today i'm joined in a studio by a baker who is a political analyst born in the u.s. has intermittently lived as well in the west bank a very warm welcome mr baker as a palestinian american this must have been a very. comfortable day well absolutely was unfortunately was very foreseeable. the west alto to donald trump and to the israeli white wing for the past twenty years of not longer and this is been a it's a natural conclusion to the failed policies of the united states and europe and this is what you get unfortunately the massacre that is still ongoing today as a result of that and the united states donald trump personally and also the european union and the german government bear a portion of the responsibility in the blame for the massa

palestine into separate jewish and palestinian states in one thousand nine hundred eight it was david ben-gurion who declared israel's independence to the joy of course of many jews around the world to palestinians however the following day is known as the not the day of the catastrophe which symbolizes the displacement of hundreds of thousands of else that eons. well us president down from chose this exact date to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem signaling his approval of the city as israel's capital now the status internationally of jerusalem remains one of the most contested issues in the conflict between israel and the palestinians head of today's embassy opening our reporter tony kramer asterism residence how they feel about their new american neighbors. the street signs for the new u.s. embassy have already gone up to this usually quiet residential neighborhood and south jerusalem has become the focus of the world's attention. the building behind me which currently houses the consular services off the u.s. will become the new american embassy moving the embassy from tel aviv

separate jewish and palestinian states what you see here and in one nine hundred forty eight david ben-gurion declared israel's independence to do to the joy of many jews around the world well that was a joy that was not shared by many palestinians for them the following day became known as the nakba the day of the catastrophe when hundreds of thousands of palestinians were displaced to make room for new israelis u.s. president trump chose this exact date to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem signaling his approval of the city as israel's capital let's talk more about all of this with raw files they like money is a german author historian journalist an expert on israel as well and. one of germany's leading a jewish voice says mr zelikow thank you very much for joining us and that you were born in television orderly before the creation of the state of israel how do you feel about this move by president trying to relocate the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem i think it's a beginning. maybe i. will mention one thing. and accept it in nineteen forty eight division of palestine of