the proclamation of the state of Israel
ISRAEL.
Yom HaMedinah [The Day of The State].
Tel Aviv, May 14, 1948.
The first page of the publication contains the text of the Declaration of Independence and states that all the restrictions and regulations of the White Paper (1939) are no longer valid. The second page contains sixteen encapsulated articles concerning the events of the day and declaring a global mobilisation, in order to defend the newly-formed state from the Arab Legion. The 14th of May was a Friday, and the publication states that the Chief Rabbinate granted a special permission to 'uninterrupted mobilisation all throughout Shabbat'.
Single broadside newsprint sheet (58 x 42 cm), printed on both sides, with photographic illustrations; evenly browned, central fold with some minor closed cracks, some minor staining, text in Hebrew.
Stock code 113285
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Yom HaMedinah [The Day of The State].
[BRITISH MANDATE]. SAMUEL, Herbert.
Palestine. Report of The High Commissioner of the Administration of Palestine, 1920-1925.
1925.
Report to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by Herbert Samuel, The High Commissioner of Palestine at the time.
£575.00
[ZIONISM].
Zionisten-Congress in Basel
1898.
The First Zionist Congress Official Protocol, a key document of early Zionist history.
£750.00
SZYK, Arthur.
Visual history of Israel.
1948.
Colour lithograph signed by Arthur Szyk, printed in New York in 1948.
£300.00
MONTEFIORE, E.L.
[Portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore].
1819.
Portrait etching of Sir Moses Montefiore, created by his relative Eliezer Levi Montefiore - a businessman, etcher and gallery director born in the West Indies.
£600.00
