In all but one of the instances in which “rights” appear in the Israeli declaration, they refer to a collective right, not an individual one.
Tel Aviv residents celebrating on November 29, 1947 the UN decision to create a Jewish state. AFP via Getty Images.
This is the sixth installment in the historian Martin Kramer’s series on how Israel’s declaration of independence came about, and what the text reveals about the country it brought into being. Previous installments can be seen here.—The Editors
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