Declaration of Independence


Tel Aviv
The modern city of Tel-Aviv in Israel was established in 1909 on sand dunes right next to the old city of Jaffa. The name Tel Aviv is derived from the word Tel (a mound of ancient ruins) and Aviv (spring), connoting emergence and rejuvenation. In 1911 Meir Dizengoff was appointed […]

Tel Aviv


War of Independence map
War of Independence 1948 On November 29th, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition Palestine. Immediately after the vote, the first Arab attack was launched in Jerusalem, and it did not take long before the fighting spread throughout the country. When Britain made it clear that their mandate […]

War of Independence