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The Voice of Fighting Zion, Broadcasting Station of the Irgun Zvai Leumi b'Eretz Israel : Broadcast, 28 March, 1948.
1948
English translation of Irgun radio broadcast of March 28, 1948. It calls on Jewish citizens of the Yishuv to ensure that the a Jewish State is established, fearing that the official leadership of the Yishuv is not taking action to ensure independence after the U.N. partition vote. It calls upon the leadership to set up a Hebrew Government regardless of concerns about a resulting war or waiting for recognition.
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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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- [Israel] : Irgun, 1948.
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- English
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