אנו מחרזים בתוך, על הקמט מדינה יהודית בי הארץ ישראל,

היא מדינת ישראל.

People started running in the street and dancing.

He was alone in the room.

My uncle, Amos, asked him,

why don't you go out on the street and dancing with the people?

He said, I'm sad because I know how much blood will be shed for our independence.

Hey, I'm Mishiharman and this is Israel's story.

Israel's story is brought to you by the Jerusalem Foundation and the Times of Israel.

So Israel is turning 75 and we feel this is a moment for us to step back and take stock.

To ask where we came from, where we are, and where for God's sake, we're going.

And in order to answer those questions, we decided to go back to the basics.

Our series, signed, sealed, delivered, looks at our founding moral compass,

Megilatats' mode or the declaration of independence.

The declaration of independence was forged amid strife and turmoil.

It was a birth that everyone knew would trigger war.

Yet it was also a rare moment of unity and agreement.

A joint historical, cultural, legal, and to a certain extent religious case for a Jewish state in the land of Israel.

Today, this document looms large once again and has emerged as a central point of contention

as we Israelis debate the future character of our country.

37 people signed Megilatats' mode.

There were no Arabs and for that matter no non-Jews among them.

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