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האמת על פרשת "זאב ז'בוטינסקי" : שודר ביום ג', ט"ו סיון התש"ח 22.6.1948 / דבר מפקד הארגון הצבאי הלאומי.

ha-Emet ʻal parashat "Zeʼev Z'aboṭinsḳi" : shudar be-yom 3, 15 Siṿan 5705 - 22.6.1948 / devar mefaḳed ha-Irgun ha-Tsevaʼi ha-Leʼumi.

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Public text of clandestine radio broadcast by Menachem Begin, giving his explanation of the "Altalena Affair," issued on the day it ended. The Altalena Affair was a confrontation between the newly established Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Irgun, which was trying to land a cargo ship loaded with weapons. The IDF demanded that the Irgun hand over the weapons to the IDF, but the Irgun refused. The standoff continued and the IDF fired on the ship off shore, killing 16 Irgun fighters. Three IDF soldiers were also killed.

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Part of Underground Publications and Ephemera Printed in Palestine at End of the Palestine Mandate

These documents capture a fascinating moment in Jewish history, a turmoil-filled “interregnum” of sorts, between the destruction of European Jewry in World War II and the establishment of Israel: the violent fight against the British, efforts to rescue Jewish refugees in Europe and smuggle them into Eretz Israel, diplomatic maneuvering over the end of the British Mandate, the proposed partition of Palestine, and anticipation of a war with the Arab world. But this collection does more than merely capture this moment. It adds nuance and layers to a dominant discourse that too often suffers from overly simplistic, ahistorical, and context-free narratives about the history of Zionism, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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