Provisional government of Israel




Temporary cabinet which governed the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine































Provisional Cabinet of Israel

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Date formed 14 May 1948 (1948-05-14)
Date dissolved 10 March 1949 (1949-03-10)
People and organisations
Head of government David Ben-Gurion
Member parties
Mapai
Mapam
Hapoel HaMizrachi
New Aliyah Party
Progressive Party
Sephardim and Oriental Communities
Mizrachi
General Zionists
Agudat Yisrael
Status in legislature Coalition
History
Successor 1st Cabinet of Israel
































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The provisional government of Israel (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-size:1.15em;font-family:"Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey David CLM","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli","SBL BibLit","SBL Hebrew",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}הַמֶמְשָׁלָה הַזְמַנִּית‬, translit. HaMemshela HaZmanit) was the temporary cabinet which governed the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine, and later the newly established State of Israel, until the formation of the first government in March 1949 following the first Knesset elections in January that year.



With the British Mandate of Palestine scheduled to come to an end on 15 May 1948, the governing body of the Jewish community, the Jewish National Council (JNC), on 2 March 1948 began work on organization of a Jewish provisional government.[1] On 12 April 1948 it formed the Minhelet HaAm (Hebrew: מנהלת העם‬, lit. People's Administration), all of its members being drawn from Moetzet HaAm (People's Council), the temporary legislative body set up at the same time. The departmental structure of the JNC served as a basis for the interim government ministries.















































































People's Administration (Minhelet HaAm)
Position
Person
Party

Prime Minister
Minister of Defense

David Ben-Gurion

Mapai

Minister of Agriculture

Aharon Zisling

Mapam

Minister of Finance

Eliezer Kaplan

Mapai

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Moshe Sharett

Mapai

Minister of Health
Minister of Immigration

Haim-Moshe Shapira

Hapoel HaMizrachi

Minister of Internal Affairs

Yitzhak Gruenbaum

Independent

Minister of Justice

Pinchas Rosen

New Aliyah Party/Progressive Party

Minister of Labour and Construction

Mordechai Bentov

Mapam

Minister of Police
Minority Affairs Minister of Israel

Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit

Sephardim and Oriental Communities

Minister of Religions

Yehuda Leib Maimon

Mizrachi

Minister of Trade and Industry

Peretz Bernstein

General Zionists

Minister of Transportation

David Remez

Mapai
Minister of War Victims

Yehuda Leib Maimon

Mizrachi

Minister of Welfare

Yitzhak-Meir Levin

Agudat Yisrael

On 12 May, Minhelet HaAm convened to vote on whether to declare independence. Three of the thirteen members were missing, with Yehuda Leib Maimon and Yitzhak Gruenbaum being stuck in Jerusalem, whilst Yitzhak-Meir Levin was in the United States. The meeting started at 1:45 in the afternoon and ended after midnight. The decision was between accepting the American proposal for a truce, or declaring independence. The latter option was put to a vote, with six of the ten members present supporting it:




  • For: David Ben-Gurion, Mordechai Bentov, Moshe Sharett (Mapai), Peretz Bernstein (General Zionists), Haim-Moshe Shapira (Hapoel HaMizrachi), Aharon Zisling (Mapam).


  • Against: Eliezer Kaplan, David Remez (Mapai), Pinchas Rosen (New Aliyah Party), Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (Sephardim and Oriental Communities).


On 14 May, the day Israel declared independence, Minhelet HaAm became the Provisional government, whilst Moetzet HaAm became the Provisional State Council. The Provisional government was promptly recognised by the United States as the de facto authority of Israel,[2][3] followed by Iran (which had voted against the UN partition plan), Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Romania, and Uruguay. The Soviet Union granted official recognition to Israel on 17 May 1948,[4] followed by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Ireland, and South Africa.[citation needed] The United States extended de jure recognition after the first Israeli election,[5] on 31 January 1949.[6]



References





  1. ^ Nanette Dobrosky (1987). "Palestine Israel US State Department Records". University Publications of America. p. 37. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ End of Palestine mandate, The Times, 15 May 1948


  3. ^ Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. "The Recognition of the State of Israel". Retrieved 25 November 2011.


  4. ^ Hashim S. H. Behbehani (1986). The Soviet Union and Arab nationalism, 1917-1966. Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7103-0213-7.


  5. ^ Press Release, 31 January 1949. Official File, Truman Papers Truman Library


  6. ^ The Recognition of the State of Israel: Introduction Truman Library




External links



  • Provisional State Council: Provisional Government Knesset website








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