הכרזת העצמאות‎, Hakhrazat HaAtzma'ut or Hebrew : מגילת העצמאות‎ Megilat HaAtzma'ut ), made on 14 May 1948 ( 5 Iyar 5708), the day before the British Mandate was due to expire, was the announcement by David Ben-Gurion , the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization [1] [2] and chairman of the