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Thursday, May 12, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 12, 2016
WATCH: Declaration of Independence brought to life in Tel Aviv
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli performers in Tel Aviv mark Independence Day with a recreation of the May 14, 1948 declaration of independence by the man who would become the nascent state’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion.
The recreation, which is held outside Independence Hall on Rothschild Boulevard (the building where the actual declaration took place), veers into creative licence, as Ben-Gurion appears to be accompanied by both Golda Meir and Theodor Herzl, neither of whom was there at the time.
The original declaration:
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