Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Va ' adat HaMatzav (January 1947 - April 1948) Introduction 1. The Backdrop for the Establishment of Va'adat HaMatzav 2. The Activity of Va'adat HaMatzav up to the Outbreak of the War of Independence (October-December 1947) 3. Va'adat HaMatzav during the War of Independence 4. Long-Range Planning: The Judicial System and the Final Report of Va'adat HaMatzav 5. Va'adat HaMatzav and the Planning of the Interior Ministry and the Labor Ministry Part II. The Government Ministries during the War: From the Establishment of the Provisional Government to the First Elections (April 1948 - January 1949) Introduction 6.

Establishing the Legal and Executive Foundations of the Government System 7. The Ministry of the Interior during the War of Independence (May 1948-January 1949) 8. The Labor Ministry during the War of Independence (May 1948-January 1949) Part III. The Establishment of the Israeli Government After the First Elections (January1949 - November 1951) Introduction 9. Elections to the First Knesset: Results and Significance 10. The Interior Ministry (January 1949-November 1951) 11. The Labor Ministry (January 1949-November 1951) General Summary Biographical Appendix Map Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.