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title: "Israel's Declaration of Independence 1948: Text and Signatories"
description: "Read the Declaration's historical claims and civic promises, how its text was negotiated and signed, and who signed it."
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# Israel's Declaration of Independence 1948: Text and Signatories

*Read the Declaration's historical claims and civic promises, how its text was negotiated and signed, and who signed it.*

## Pages

- [What Israel's Declaration of Independence Says](/resources/israels-declaration-of-independence-1948-text-and-signatories/legal-foundations-of-israeli-sovereignty.md)
- [The Declaration's Drafting and Tzur Yisrael Compromise](/resources/israels-declaration-of-independence-1948-text-and-signatories/the-tzur-yisrael-compromise-resolving-israel-s-founding-debate.md)
- [Arab Residents, Citizenship, and the Declaration's Promises](/resources/israels-declaration-of-independence-1948-text-and-signatories/appeals-for-arab-peace-and-citizenship-in-1948.md)
- [Who Signed Israel's Declaration of Independence?](/resources/israels-declaration-of-independence-1948-text-and-signatories/the-dual-female-signatories-of-the-israeli-declaration-of-independence.md)
- [The May 14 Ceremony and Israel's First Recognition](/resources/israels-declaration-of-independence-1948-text-and-signatories/signing-the-blank-parchment-israel-s-dramatic-1948-independence.md)