Savor each and every word as you relive the thrilling – and anxious – moments of the day. Read about the reports from all fronts as Israel’s neighbors attacked from every direction. You will be riveted by accounts of Haganah men and women fighting to survive in the Kfar Etzion block near Hebron., the Egyptian troops and artillery crossing the Southern border, the Spitfire aircraft attacking Tel Aviv, and the battle for the holy city of Jerusalem. Read about all the diplomatic happenings – the United States’ recognition of the new State, the Russian deliberations, the British departure, and the UN Special Assembly session. And of course, read all about the historic declaration by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion on Friday afternoon May 14th, 1948.

The Palestine Post (later to become the Jerusalem Post) was founded in 1932 as part of a Zionist-Jewish initiative, and the audience was English readers in Palestine and nearby regions. It was read by British Mandate officials, local Jews and Arabs, Jewish readers abroad, tourists, and Christian pilgrims. On that fateful day in May 1948 the paper almost never got published. There was a nationwide blackout because of the war, and Jerusalem itself had several power failures. It was only at 1:00 AM that the courageous journalists, Linotype operators, and printers were able to squeeze out a single 2-sided broadsheet for distribution in the morning to the anxious citizens of the brand new State. This was the only English newspaper with exclusive coverage of the war, and the only one printed in Jerusalem.