v19_1943 - ISRAËL - ÉTAT D'ISRAËL 500 lirot or, Ben Gourion 1974

ISRAEL - STATE OF ISRAEL

(since 1948)

Known as Palestine since the Bible and Philistine times, British mandate given by the League of Nations after World War I, promised to the Arabs by Lawrence of Arabia and a "Jewish national home" by Lord Balfour, all two English, Israel defined as "Jewish State" finally obtains its independence on May 14, 1948.