On May 14th, 1948, David B. Gurion, the Head of the Jewish Agency proclaimed the creation of Israel State for:
i) It was the land that the Romans had previously expelled them from and during the 2nd World War Holocoust of European, Jewry gave them strength in their determination.
II) On 29th November 1947, the United Nations General voted for Resolution 181 to partition Palestine between Arab and Jewish States.