On This Day - What happened 14 May 1948 AD

On 14 May 1948, on the last day of the British Mandate, Ben-Gurion declared the independence of the state of Israel. In the Israeli declaration of independence, he stated that the new nation would "uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens, without distinction of religion, race".

Truman recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, eleven minutes after it declared itself a nation.