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A month and half after the state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv 14 May 1948 and four hours after the last British soldier left the new state, David Ben Gourion (c), first Israeli Prime Minister, and his wife Paula arrive to Haifa harbor to celebrate the event on June 30, 1948. Following WW-I, Great Britain received in 1922 Palestine as a mandate from the League of Nations. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations' General Assembly voted resolution 181 on the division of Palestine in two states, one Jewish and one Arab. The State of Israel was proclamed on 14 May 1948 by the Jewish National Council and was recognized by the United States and the Soviet Union 15 and 17 May the same year. Arab States of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq crossed the borders from north, east and south with their regular armies 15 May 1948. Agreements signed in 1949 between Israel and the Arab States ended the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and established the armistice lines between Israel and the West Bank, also known as the Green Line, until the 1967 Six-Day War. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)