Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics
"Message from the Supreme Commander of the Etzel" – Menachem Begin's Declaration of Independence Speech – Jerusalem, May 15, 1948 – "The State of Israel has been established, and it was established ‘Only Thus': In Blood, Fire, by a Mighty Hand and by an Outstretched Arm, and through suffering and sacrifices"
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Message from Menachem Begin, Supreme Commander of the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi (Etzel) to the people of Israel. Broadcast on the 6th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, 5708, May 15, 1948, on "Kol HaHerut" (the "Voice of Freedom"), the broadcasting station of the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi. Published by the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi – Jerusalem District, [1948]. Hebrew.
Transcript of the speech delivered by Menachem Begin the day after the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel. In this speech, which represented something of an alternative "Declaration of Independence" to the one delivered the previous day by David Ben-Gurion, Begin addressed the issues of the dismantling of the underground, the need for a strong and well-trained army, foreign policy requirements with respect to the United States and Soviet Union, the Ingathering of the Exiles, and more, charting the ideological outlines of the political party and movement he was about to establish, to be known as the Herut Party.
8 pp. (two separate folded sheets of paper, unbound), 23 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Minute tears to edges of leaves. Inked stamp to title page.
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel