Independence Hall in Shalom Tower Review

The building, one of Tel Aviv's oldest, was built in 1909, and on May 14, 1948, the day before the British trusteeship of Palestine expired, members of the Interim Jewish State Council gathered here and declared the state of Israel. In 1978, the building was opened as an independent memorial.

看过独立纪念馆以后估计会对那个混乱的时代有个立体的了解。后来以色列以史为鉴建立了全世界最独特的兵役制度。像成年男子都要服兵役三年以外，在18到60岁还要有三次，每次半年的服兵役期。可见国家的重视

The very building of Tel Aviv (not Jerusalem) where the State of Israel (מדינת ישראל) was declared a nation on Friday, May 14, 1948, by first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, as also witnessed by Meir Dizengoff, the first mayor of Tel Aviv. Beforehand and dating back from the 19th century, Austro-Hungarian Theodor Herzl (the Father of Modern Zionism) visited the land that was Palestine and inhabited by the Arabs and he began to envision there as a State for the Jewish people. Although Herzl passed away in 1905, his dream of the Jewish State has been fulfilled posthumously.Behind where Ben Gurion declared Israel independent on the mic was a photo of Herzl in the latter's honor

This place was really cool, but I am not a huge history kid. I definitely learned a lot about the history of Israel and Tel Aviv, but it was a little boring because it was all listening, not really anything hands-on. If you are looking for an educational, short historical visit, I think this is an importance place to go because you are there for maybe an hour. The people who work there give a nice, brief presentation on the history of the building and a timeline of important events that happened and people who played a role. Overall, I would not go for fun, but if you are with a group looking to explore and learn about Tel Aviv, then it's worth the quick stop.