A shekarar 1949, majalisar dokokin Isra'ila mai kujeru 120, wato Knesset, ta fara ganawa a Tel Aviv, daga bisani kuma ta koma Kudus bayan tsagaita bude wuta a shekarar 1949.Zaben farko na kasar a watan Janairun 1949 ya haifar da nasara ga jam'iyyun Socialist-Zionist Mapai da Mapam, inda suka lashe kujeru 46 da 19 bi da bi.David Ben-Gurion, shugaban Mapai, ya zama firaministan kasar, inda ya kafa kawancen da ya kawar da Mapam na Stalin, wanda ke nuni da rashin jituwar Isra'ila da Tarayyar Soviet .An zabi Chaim Weizmann a matsayin shugaban kasar Isra'ila na farko, kuma an kafa Ibrananci da Larabci a matsayin harsunan hukuma.Dukkanin gwamnatocin Isra'ila sun kasance kawance, ba tare da wata jam'iyya da ta taba samun rinjaye a majalisar Knesset ba.Daga 1948 zuwa 1977, Mapai da magajinsa, jam'iyyar Labour ne suka jagoranci gwamnatoci, suna nuna rinjayen Sihiyoniyawan Labour tare da tattalin arzikin gurguzu.Tsakanin 1948 da 1951, ƙauran Yahudawa ya ninka yawan jama'ar Isra'ila, wanda ya yi tasiri sosai ga al'ummarta.Kimanin Yahudawa 700,000, galibi 'yan gudun hijira, suka zauna a Isra'ila a wannan lokacin.Adadi mai yawa sun fito daga ƙasashen Asiya da Arewacin Afirka, tare da adadi mai yawa daga Iraki , Romania , da Poland .Dokar Komawa, wadda aka yi a shekara ta 1950, ta ba Yahudawa da waɗanda suke da zuriyar Yahudawa damar zama a Isra'ila kuma su sami 'yan ƙasa.Wannan lokacin ya ga manyan ayyukan ƙaura kamar Magic Carpet da Ezra da Nehemiah, suna kawo adadi mai yawa na Yamaniyawa da Yahudawan Iraqi zuwa Isra'ila.A karshen shekarun 1960, Yahudawa kusan 850,000 ne suka bar kasashen Larabawa, inda akasarin su suka koma Isra'ila.^[189]Yawan jama'ar Isra'ila ya karu daga 800,000 zuwa miliyan biyu tsakanin 1948 da 1958. Wannan saurin girma, da farko saboda ƙaura, ya haifar da Tsawon Lokaci tare da rarraba kayan masarufi.Baƙi da yawa 'yan gudun hijira ne da ke zaune a ma'abarot, sansanonin wucin gadi.Kalubalen kudi ya sa Firayim Minista Ben-Gurion ya rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniyar diyya da Jamus ta Yamma a cikin cece-kucen jama'a.^[190]Sauye-sauyen ilimi a cikin 1949 sun sanya ilimi kyauta kuma ya zama wajibi har zuwa shekaru 14, tare da tallafin jihohi daban-daban na tsarin ilimi na jam'iyyu da na tsiraru.Duk da haka, an sami tashe-tashen hankula, musamman a kusa da ƙoƙarin da ake yi na wariyar launin fata a tsakanin yara 'yan ƙabilar Yemen, wanda ya haifar da tambayoyin jama'a da sakamakon siyasa.^[191]Bangaren kasa da kasa, Isra’ila ta fuskanci kalubale kamar yadda Masar ta rufe mashigar ruwa ta Suez ga jiragen ruwan Isra’ila a shekarar 1950 da hawan Nasser aMasar a shekarar 1952, lamarin da ya sa Isra’ila ta kulla alaka da kasashen Afirka da Faransa.^[192] A cikin gida, Mapai, karkashin Moshe Sharett, ya ci gaba da jagoranci bayan zaben 1955.A cikin wannan lokacin, Isra'ila ta fuskanci hare-haren fedayeen daga Gaza ^[193] da kuma mayar da martani, ta'addanci.Har ila yau, lokacin ya ga shigar da bindigar Uzi a cikin rundunar tsaron Isra'ila da kuma fara shirin makamai masu linzami na Masar tare da tsoffin masana kimiyya na Nazi.^[194]Gwamnatin Sharett dai ta fadi ne saboda al’amarin Lavon, wanda bai yi nasara ba a boye da nufin kawo cikas ga dangantakar Amurka da Masar, lamarin da ya kai ga dawowar Ben-Gurion a matsayin Firayim Minista.^[195]