{"id":169,"date":"2014-06-20T19:33:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T19:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askalocalapp.com\/Tel_Aviv\/EN\/?p=169"},"modified":"2016-04-26T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T08:33:36","slug":"where-was-the-state-of-israel-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askalocalapp.com\/Tel_Aviv\/EN\/where-was-the-state-of-israel-established\/","title":{"rendered":"Where was the State of Israel established?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/askalocalapp.com\/Tel_Aviv\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/AskALocal_icon_1024x1024-300x300.png\" alt=\"AskALocal_icon_1024x1024\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/askalocalapp.com\/Tel_Aviv\/EN\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ask a Local<\/a> allows you to ask any question, and get an answer that is based on personal experiences of locals who know their cities inside-out. &gt;&gt; Find information about the <strong>Hall of Independence<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p>Even though the Israeli capital, where the Israeli parliament is situated, is in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv was so awesome even in 1948 that they had to declare Israel&#8217;s independence there.<\/p>\n<p>Truth is Jerusalem was under a siege, which made thing quite tricky, to say the least. In any case, David Ben Gurion, Israel&#8217;s first Prime Minister, declared the establishment of the State of Israel in what then became <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.ihi.org.il\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independence Hall<\/a>, on 16 Rothschild Blvd. (\u05e8\u05d5\u05d8\u05e9\u05d9\u05dc\u05d3)<\/p>\n<p>It was originally first mayor of Tel Aviv Me&#8217;ir Dizengoff&#8217;s residence, later turned into an art museum, which unexpectedly rose to fame. Now, this humble house is open for visitors, where you can have a look at where history was made, get a glance at the Declaration of Independence, and enjoy the architecture of the early days of Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><em>&gt;&gt; Tel Aviv is known for its vibrant night life &#8211; but in no way does it end there. With dozens of art galleries, concerts, theatre, dance and opera shows, and countless other activities, you can be sure to find just <a href=\"https:\/\/askalocalapp.com\/Tel_Aviv\/EN\/category\/going-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">what you are looking for<\/a>.\u00a0&gt;&gt; Feel free to ask us more specific questions via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/ask-a-local\/id805641792?ign-mpt=uo%3D5\">Ask a Local app<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask a Local allows you to ask any question, and get an answer that is based on personal experiences of locals who know their cities inside-out. &gt;&gt; Find information about the Hall of Independence: Even though the Israeli capital, where the Israeli parliament is situated, is in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv was so awesome even in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52,24],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essential-info","tag-jerusalem","tag-rothschild"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where was Israel established? - Ask a Local in Tel Aviv<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even though the Israeli capital is in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv was so awesome even back in 1948 that they declared Israel&#039;s independence there. 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