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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
Robert Capa Old quarter of Jerusalem just after the cease fire of summer of 48, the water truck renews its rounds, this is the day of Sabbath (Friday) and everything must be prepared according to rites. Jerusa (...)
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