Yad Chaim Weizmann

The White Palace on the hill

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The White Palace on the hill

The Weizmann House is an architectural pearl in the Israeli landscape, and an attraction for architects and the general public. The house was designed by the renowned Jewish-German architect Erich Mendelson. The unique structure of the house combines modern architecture, local elements and the personal taste of Dr. Vera Weizmann.

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21 Heshvan 5713, November 9, 1952: Passes away at home, and is buried in the garden on his estate in Rehovot.

Dr. Chaim Weizmann's funeral

1952

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Elected President of the State of Israel. In his opening speech at the Knesset, he states, “We must build a new bridge, connecting science with the human spirit. ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ All my life I have endeavored to make science and research the basis of our national undertaking. But I also know that beyond science, there are lofty values that hold the solution to the ills of mankind, the values of justice and honesty, peace and fraternity.”

On November 2nd, he dedicates the Weizmann Institute of Science, saying, “We live in a pioneering land. We are pioneers in settling desolate areas, in agriculture and in industry. Here, in Rehovot, we are involved in a pioneering act of a special kind: Pioneering in science.”

Chaim Weizmann inaugurated as the 1st President of the State of Israel

1949

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Meets with President Truman to ensure his support of the establishment of the Jewish State.
Elected President of the Provisional State Council of Israel. A telegram that he receives from the Council states, “At this moment of the establishment of the Jewish State, we send our blessings to you, the individual who has done more than any other man living among us, for the sake of its creation. Your steadfastness and assistance has strengthened all of us. We look forward to the day when we see you serving as the head of a State established in peace.”

A telegram sent to Chaim Weizmann from David Ben-Gurion, the day after the establishment of the State of Israel

1948

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The British Government hands over the entire discussion about the future of the Palestine to the United Nations in the U.S., which establishes the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). Weizmann testifies in Jerusalem before the UNSCOP committee, stating, “Independence is not the right only of the Arabs. We Jews have an equal right to it. This gathering is not entitled to decide that the Arabs’ right to an eighth state necessarily nullifies the right of the Jews to have a single, unique, independent, national life.”

Works to promote the acceptance of the Partition Plan in the General Assembly of the U.N., and tries to influence U.S. President Harry Truman, asking him to support the plan and to include the Negev within the Jewish State’s territory. On November 29, 1947, the partition of the Palestine receives approval.

Dr. Weizmann in New-York

1947

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Appears in Jerusalem before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.
In the Twenty-Second Zionist Congress in Basel, he is removed from his position as the leader of the Zionist movement due to a general feeling that he would not be suited to leading a conflict against Britain. In his speech at the Congress, he warns against the use of violence: “I warn you again against taking a ‘shortcut,’ against false prophecies and generalizations that do not match historical facts, but that relate to them as if they are fictional. This is my temperament, and I do not believe in acts of violence…I think that terror is our greatest disaster—from an ethical perspective, from a political perspective, and in terms of establishing our country. I fear that terror will begin to rule the Jewish streets and the Agency will not be able to control it; but, rather, it will overtake the Agency. It is a cancer in the body of the settlement. ‘And you shall destroy the evil in your midst!’ I warn you, do not allow this growth to spread. It is likely to swallow the movement and the settlement, and destroy everything that we have built.”

Chaim Weizmann speaks at the 22nd Zionist Congress that took place after WW2

1946

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Visits the Palestine in honor of his 70th birthday and is received, on the streets of the Jewish settlement, with appreciation and adoration.

Dr. Weizmann visiting Kibbutz Nir David

1944

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His son, Michael, a pilot in Britain’s Royal Air Force, is declared missing, his plane shot down over the sea.
Participates in the Biltmore Conference in New York, which passes a proposal that Palestine be established as a Jewish Commonwealth. Clashes with Ben-Gurion on this topic.

Michael Weizmann

1942

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The St. James Conference, known as the Round Table Conference, takes place in London. MacDonald discusses the moral right of Arabs to self-determination. In May, a White Paper is published that, in effect, can destroy the Zionist dream.
Weizmann harshly condemns the policy that has been adopted by Britain. But with the outbreak of World War II, he promises to provide Britain with all possible assistance through the Jewish population in Israel and around the world.
Works on establishing a Jewish brigade within the British Army.

The Jewish Delegation to the Round Table Conference

1939

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At the Twentieth Zionist Congress in Zurich on August 4, 1937, in the wake of the conclusions of the Peel Commission, Weizmann supports the proposal for the partition of the Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state. In his speech, he stated, “At this historic moment, allow me to turn to the Arab nation…The Arab nation has a grand tradition. To this nation, we have extended our hands [in peace]. And our hands are still extended to them, even now, but with one condition: Just as we hope that they will overcome this difficult time, returning to the grand traditions of the exalted Arab nation, which is a cultured nation; they must know that we have the right to establish our home in the Palestine, without causing hurt to anyone, but for the sake of assisting ourselves and others. If they will recognize this—our right—we will find the path toward mutual understanding.”

Members of the Peel Commission

1937