The Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel, on May 14, 1948,was the official announcement that after 2,000 years, a new Jewish state, named the State of Israel has been born.
The newly born state has been established where once, in the biblical era, were the lands of the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. This led some to call it the beginning of the third kingdom of the House of David (The first kingdom ended with the destruction of Solomon's Temple, and the second with the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem).
The refusal of Arab countries to recognize the newly born Jewish state has been a source of repeated wars and other armed conflicts between the Arab nations (Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia) and Israel.
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The state of war between Egypt and Israel ended with the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty on March 26, 1979. The state of war between Israel and Jordan ended with the signing of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace on October 26, 1994.
Sporadic negotiations with Lebanon and Syria have not as yet resulted in peace treaties. Israel is currently also embroiled in an ongoing conflict with Palestinians in the territories controlled since the Six Day War in 1967, despite the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993, and the ongoing efforts of Israeli, Palestinian and global peacemakers.
The Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel, on May 14, 1948, was the official announcement that after 2,000 years, a new Jewish state, named the State of Israel has been born.