when israel became a nation
More On This Day. David Ben-Gurion, Israel's New Premier, standing with an Israeli official who holds the signed document proclaiming the Establishment of the Jewish State of Israel. On This Day: Israel Becomes a Nation. On May 14, 1948, the Jewish Peopleâs Council met at the Tel Aviv Museum and announced the creation of the state of Israel. New State Immediately Challenged. Britain seized control Palestine in 1917 and was granted mandate over the area by the League of Nations in 1922.