Cabinet Ministers of the new state of Israel sing “Hatikvah,” the Jewish National Anthem, May 14, 1948, at a ceremony at the Tel Aviv Art Museum, marking the creation of the new state. Facing Camera from left are: Baroch Shitrit, Police Commissioner; David Remez, Communications Minister; Fritz Bernstein, Trade, Industry and Suppply; Felix Rosenbluth, Justice; Rabbi Judah Fishman, Commissioner of Jerusalem Area, David Ben Gurion, Premier and Defense Minister; Moshe Shapiro, Director of Immigation; Moshe Shertok, Foreign Afairs; Eliazer Kaplan, Treasurer; Moshe Ben Tov, Public Works and Labor; and Aaron Zisling, Agriculture. (AP Photos/Files)