On this day, 77 years ago, May 14, 1948 (April 6, 1948 in the lunar calendar), Israel officially announced its founding. Prime Minister Ben Gurion of the Interim Government of Israel officially announced the establishment of the State of Israel. On May 14, 1948, 31 years after the United Kingdom issued the "Balfour Declaration" that Jews had the right to establish a national home in Palestine, one hour after the end of the British trusteeship of Palestine, David Ben Gurion announced the establishment of the State of Israel and became the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of the new country. Chaim Weizman, who for many years personified the cause of Zionism, was nominated to serve as the country's first president. Zionism drew great strength from the genocidal persecution of Jews during the Nazi rule, but Israel came into labor. Terrorist atrocities were committed by both Jews and Arabs, such as the terrorist organization Irgun bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946 and the Arab-organized bombing in the same city in 1948, causing instability. After the Irgun massacre in the village of Deir Yassin, Arabs fled in large numbers, sowing the seeds of future Palestinian refugee problems. The international response to Israel's declaration of independence was quick. President Truman immediately recognized the Provisional Government, and Stalin also recognized it. Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan quickly mobilized their troops to deal with the new country and launched the first Middle East war. However, the Arab offensive was not coordinated. At the end of the year, the Israeli army, which had reached 100,000 troops, achieved a decisive victory. Jews from all over the world returned to their places of living with all their belongings. On the battlefield where cigarettes were still being sold, the Israeli flag was rising. Chaim Weizman The 1948 Arab bombing in Jerusalem was organized by the Arabs. The first Arab coalition in the Middle East War.