Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture

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"In the Exile of Kenya" – Issue of May 14, 1948 – "Tonight the State of Israel will be Declared"

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Sold for: $300
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BeGalut Kenya [In the Exile of Kenya], daily newspaper of the Jewish detainees interned at camp Gilgil (Kenya). Issue no. 357, typewritten, with handwritten corrections and additions (master copy). Camp Gilgil: 14.5.1948. Hebrew.
The issue comprises news on the war being fought in Palestine, which presumably reached the camp the same day: the fall of Gush Etzion, battles in Sha'ar HaGai, the surrender of Jaffa, and more. An article printed in page 2 in larger script reads: "Tonight the State of Israel will be Declared."
The news items in the issue were collected from various available news outlets: Radio London in Arabic, Radio Brazzaville, Radio Paris, Radio New York, the New York Herald Tribune, and others (sources are written before every passage.)
An item at the end of the issue quotes a telegram received from the Zionist Executive Committee in New York. The committee seeks to reassure the internees that the time of their release is near (signed in print by Hadassah activist Judith Epstein, Zionist Revisionist leader Meir Grossman, and American Zionist leader Baruch Zuckerman.)
6 ff. (6 printed pages), unbound. 33.5 cm. Minor stains and creases. Pinholes and minor tears. The end of the telegram on last page is printed on a separate piece of paper, pasted to the bottom of the page.


Enclosed: page 2 of the evening issue, published the same day (14.5.48; printed after the Declaration of Independence took place, ) consisting three news items: the evacuation of British forces from Jerusalem, report on the numbers of Palestinian Arab refugees, and the end of a report on the state of affairs in the war's various fronts (typewritten.)

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