Book contents
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I The Setting
- Part II Political Theory
- 2 Natural Rights
- 3 From Natural Rights to Labor Zionism
- 4 International Law
- Part III History
- Part IV Legacy
- Appendix: Address by Zalman Rubashov (Shazar) to the Zionist Actions Committee, April 12, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Natural Rights
from Part II - Political Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2022
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I The Setting
- Part II Political Theory
- 2 Natural Rights
- 3 From Natural Rights to Labor Zionism
- 4 International Law
- Part III History
- Part IV Legacy
- Appendix: Address by Zalman Rubashov (Shazar) to the Zionist Actions Committee, April 12, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In 1948, the year in which the State of Israel came into being, Saturday, April 24, was the first day of Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the exodus from Egypt – the Jewish political beginning. Like millions of other Jews, a 33-year-old Tel Aviv lawyer named Mordechai Beham gathered with his family 1948 to recite the Passover Hagadah, the classical Jewish text which narrates Israel’s flight from Egypt and deliverance to the land of Israel.
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- Israel's Declaration of IndependenceThe History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment, pp. 43 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022