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Iton Rishmi.

Issues 1 to 25 of the Official Gazette, 1st issue containing the Declaration of Independence for the State of Israel.

Stock Code 113283

Tel Aviv, The Provisional Government of Israel, 1948

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The first publication of the declaration of the State of Israel. The first 25 issues of 'Iton Rishmi' containing the official publication of the Israeli Declaration of Independence, as read out by David Ben Gurion.

Issue No.1 of 'Iton Rishmi', published in Tel-Aviv on 14.5.1948, includes the text of Israel's Declaration of Independence and a manifest by the Provisional State Council. An important document relating to the establishment of the State of Israel.

Brief contents summary:
'Decree concerning the Establishment of the State of Israel' - In the Land of Israel the Jewish People have arisen... (a brief account follows of the events from the First Zionist Congress to date, including the Balfour Declaration)... Therefore we are gathered together, we, the members of the people's Government, the Leaders of the Hebrew Settlement and the Zionist Movement, on the day that marks the end of
the British Mandate over the Land of Israel, and in accordance with the... decision of the Assembly of the United Nations, we hereby declare the establishment of the of the Jewish State in the Land of Israel, that is, the State of Israel (Medinat Yisrael).' The names of all of the 37 members of the Provisional Government, headed by David Ben-Gurion, are listed on page 2. It also contains the annulment of the infamous 1939 White Paper restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine.

'Iton Rishmi' (The Official Gazette) was renamed 'Reshumot' in 1949. To this day 'Reshumot' is the gazette of record for the State of Israel, in which official records and laws are published by the Governmental Printer and are distributed to the government offices and to subscribers.

First edition; 4to (33.5 x 20.5 cm), 25 issues bound together, publisher's yellow cloth, rubbed; first few leaves fully browned, marginal browning to the rest of the volume, a few marginal tears; text in Hebrew.

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Iton Rishmi.

ISRAEL, The Provisional Government of.

Stock code: 113283

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