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This weeks events:

Events for month
14.5.1948
Declaration of independence
"David Ben Gurion declares the establishment of the State of Israel and the Arab states threaten war. The US recognizes the new country". (Naor, Zionism, Timeline, Articles, Documents, Glossary).
18.5.1950
"Ezra and Nehemia" operation
"A new air-borne aliyah begins: Ezra and Nehemiah. Within a year it will have brought some 120,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel."(Naor, zionism: Timeline, Articles, Documents, Glossary).
24.5.1955
First settlement in the Lakhish region
The beginning of settlement in the Lakhish region. The first settlement – Otsem
28.5.1948
The Fall of the Jewish Quarter
On 28.5.1948 a six months long siege on the Jewish Quarter ended with a victory to the Arab forces