"Class of Sheleg – Shlom HaGalil War", newpaper column by Dan Ben Amotz – a paste-up and negatives made in preparation for print. The column was printed in "Hadashot shel Shabbat", supplement of the newspaper "Hadashot", on October 28, 1988. Hebrew.
Four items from different stages of pre-press preparation of a column by Dan Ben Amotz, published a few days before the elections for the 12th Knesset: a paste-up (text and pictures pasted to a grid sheet; missing part of last paragraph), a negative of the page, an enlarged negative and an enlarged print on transparency.
In the column, Ben Amotz urges the public not to vote for the Likud party; he addresses a casualty of the 1982 Lebanon War (called Operation Peace for Galilee; in Hebrew: Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil or Mivtsa Sheleg), blaming the Likud-led government for his death. Under the title "Class of Sheleg – Shlom HaGalil War", appear photos of Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon, Yitzhak Shamir and other ministers responsible for the war, arranged over an image of a military cemetary. Obove and below the photos appear the names of those killed in the war.

Approx. 35X50 cm to 51X61 cm. Condition varies.

Dan Ben Amotz (born Moshe [Mussia] Tehilimzeigger, 1924-1989), native of Poland, one of the quintessential Renaissance men of Israeli culture, active, among other things, as an author, journalist, translator, screenwriter, satirist, radio personality, and actor. In his younger days, he had served as a member of the Palmach underground and as an agent working on behalf of illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine in the final years of the British Mandate. Ben-Amotz was responsible for some of the most popular literary works of the early decades of the State of Israel, including "Yalkut HaKzavim" (in collaboration with Haim Hefer; 1951), "Lizkor VeLishko'ah" ("To Remember and Forget, " 1968), "Milon Olami LeIvrit Meduberet" ("World-class Dictionary of Spoken Hebrew, " in collaboration with Netiva Ben-Yehuda, 1972), and many other pieces of literature; alongside Haim Hefer, he produced and took part in the acclaimed show "Tel-Aviv HaKtanah" ("Little Tel Aviv"); on radio, he was one of the principal participants in the popular program "Sheloshah BeSirah Ahat" ("Three in One Boat";1955-59); he was a widely read columnist, writing for the daily newspaper "Hadashot, " and, in general, was one of the more prominent figures in Tel Aviv's bohemian circles.
Dan Ben-Amotz's reputation and legacy were severely tarnished after his death, following the posthumous publication by his friend, Amnon Dankner, of a controversial biography that raised allegations of a history of sexual misbehavior and exploitation of women.