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Please note many of the sites in this section are in Hebrew
Project of The Jewish History Resource Center

General:

• Palestine in the 1930's; A Photo Essay (Snunit)
• Pre-State Israel (JVL)
• Index links, photos: Undergrounds. Wars (Snunit)

The Ottoman Empire:

• Ottoman Rule (1517 - 1917) (JVL)
• The Redeemers of the Land (JVL)

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The British Mandate:

• Balfour Declaration 1917 (The Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
• The Balfour Declaration (1917) (JVL)
• British Restrictions to Jewish Immigration (JVL)
• The Hebron Massacre (1929) (JVL)
• The Peel Commission (JVL)
• The Anglo-American Committee (JVL)
• Palestine Statement of Policy ("HaSefer HaLavan") (Amalnet)
• The White Papers (JVL)
• The British Mandate Map 1921 - 1923 (JVL)
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, November 29, 1947 (The Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
• The Declaration of the State of Israel (ETC)
• The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948 (MFA)

Underground:

• Undergrounds - Links (Amalnet)
• Undergrounds (ETC)
• Undergrounds (BAZZ)

Hahaganah:

• HaHaganah (Amalnet)
• The Haganah (JVL)
• Haganah (Wikipedia)
• Haganah - A History of the Jewish Underground Defense force in Palestine (Thirteen)

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Palmach:

• The Palmach - with links to Palmach Leaders(JVL)
• Yitzhak Sadeh - 1890 - 1952 (JVL)
• Itzhak Sadeh - 1890 - 1952 (GIGA)
• About the Palmach
• The Palmach Museum

Etzel - the Irgun:

• The Irgun Site
• The Irgun (JVL)
• The Bombing of The King David Hotel (JVL)
• The Altalena Affair (JVL)
• Irgun (Wikipedia)
• Etzel
• Yair (Avraham Stern) (Prof. Nedavah, Haifa U.)
• Irgun Zvai Leumi - Eretz Israel Forever!

Lehi ("The Srern Gang"):

• Lehi - Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association
• Lehi
• Lehi Group (Wikipedia)
• Lechi - Eretz Israel Forever!

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Ha'apalah - Illegal Immigration:

• "Exodus 1947" Illegal Immigration Ship (JVL)
• Immigration to Israel:Aliyah Bet - 1939 - 1948 (JVL)
• The Pan Crescent and Pan York (JVL)
• Af-al-pi-chen - many links (JVL)
• The Sinking of the Struma (Feb. 1942) (JVL)
• The Irgun’s Role in Illegal Immigration (JVL - Prof. Yehuda Lapidot. many links, photos)

Aliyah (Immigration):

• Immigration (JVL)
• The First Aliyah - links (JVL)
• The Second Aliyah (1904-1914)
• The Third Aliyah (1919-1923)
• The Fourth Aliyah (1924-1929)
• The Fifth Aliyah (1929-1939)
• Aliyah During World War II

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The War of Independence:

• The War of Independence - background (Knesset)
• Timeline (Chronology) of Israel War of Independence
• 5 Arab League declaration on the invasion of Palestine- 15 May 1948
• Landmarks in the War of Independence
• 1948 War (JVL)
• 1948 War of Independence - The History of the IDF
• War of Independence (Dr. M. Pa'il. Elementary to High-School. Hebrew)
• Declaration of Israel's Independence 1948 (The Avalon Project at Yale Law School)
• The Fight for the Way to Jerusalem (articles, maps, photos, timelines)
• Gush Etzion - Lamed-Heh - The Thirty-Five Company

Operations:

• Mivtza (=Operation) Nachshon
• Operation Nachshon
• Mivtza Chametz
• Mivtza Yiftach
• Mivtza Yoav
• Mivtza Chiram
• Nitzana - Negev, Mivtza Chorev (with maps. Hebrew)
• Mivtza Uvdah (BAZZ)
• Mivtza Uvdah
• Mivtza Yevusi (Katamon)

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Independence Day:

• The Law of Independence Day (Knesset)
• The Declaration of the State of Israel - Megilat Ha'Atzmaut (Knesset)
• Declaration of Independence
• 1948 Declaration of Independence (+ Audio of Ben Gurion)
• The Constituient Assembly First Knesset 1949-1951 Speech by President Chaim Weizmann Opening Sitting - 14 February 1949
• Yom HaAtzmaut
• Israel Independence Day

Memorial Day:

• Yom HaZikkaron Le'Hallelei Maarachot Israel (Hebrew)
• Izkor - Memorial Site (Ministry of Defence)
• The Law of Memorial Day (Knesset)
• Memorial Day
• Israel's National Memorial Day

Symbols: Insignia, Flags, Decorations, Medals, Stamps:

• Decorations and Medals of the State of Israel
• History of the Israeli Flag (Hebrew)
• 50 Years of the State in Stamps (Amalnet)
• The Menorah
• Symbol of the Palmach
• Simlei Tzahal - the Insignia of the IDF

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HaTikvah (= The Hope) - National Anthem:

• HaTikvah (full text, sound, links)
• HaTikvah ("The Hope")
• HaTikvah (Amalnet)
• HaTikvah
• HaTikvah

Miscellaneous:

• Zoharah Levitov - Israeli Woman Pilot
• Settlement in the Negev, Eve of War of Independence (Article, Kathedra)
• A Trip to "Ha'Masrek"
• Palestinian Refugees
• The Mandelbaum Gate
• HaKav HaIroni (cease fire, border line, Nov.30 1948)
• HaKav HaIroni - map - Ammunition Hill

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