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May 1948. The "central front". The Israeli government army (Haganah), marching towards the front line, to defend a Kibbutz (Jewish settlement).
Child at the Sha'arHa'aliya transit camp for new immigrants. Near Haifa, Israel. 1950. © | Magnum Photos
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Haifa. 1950. The Sha'ar Ha'aliya Absorption camp, where immigrants where immigrants were placed until housing was found for them. © | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa After immigrants arrive in Israel, each one is provided with a bedstead and a mattress. After dis-embarking they are first taken to Shaar Aliyah (The Gate), a transit camp, where they get their med (...)
Robert Capa Mayor of Tel-Aviv, Israel Rokach, also leader of general zionists (political party) making a political speech at time of Municipal elections of the Tel Aviv-Yafo region at the Hatikva Quarter. Tel- (...)
Robert Capa Man carrying a wooden beam over his shoulder. Jerusalem, Israel. 1949. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Sha'ar Ha'aliya Absorption Camp, where immigrants are placed until housing is found for them. Haifa, Israel. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
A newspaper stand in Jerusalem. 1950. © | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Chaim Weizmann, Israel's first President, voting at the municipal elections. Tel Aviv, Israel. November 14, 1950. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
A voting session of the first Knesset (Parliament) in Frumin House in Jerusalem, the second person on left is Mrs Golda Meir).1950 © | Magnum Photos
ISRAEL. Haïfa. May-June 1949. The arrival of thousands of immigrants from Eastern Europe, Turkey and Tunisia. © | Magnum Photos
Armon Café, on Hayarkan Street. Tel Aviv, Israel. May, 1949. © | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa A party, the girl dancing is a newly arrived Russian immigrant. Tel Aviv, Israel. 1948. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa People are evacuated from the burning Altalena. The wounded are taken care of by Israel's Red Cross, under the supervision of the Haganah. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa The Altalena burning. Tel Aviv, Israel. June 22, 1948. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa The 'Central front'. Members of a Kibbutz (Jewish settlement) hiding in a trench during an Arab air-raid.May-June, 1948. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
ISRAEL. Members of the Israeli government forces (the Haganah), in a building surrounding the old city, held by the Arabs. June 9, 1948. © | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa The 'central front'. The Israeli government army (Haganah), marching towards the front line, to defend a Kibbutz (Jewish settlement). May 1948. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos