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גלוי דעת : הממשלה העברית קום תקום! אזהרה למנהיגים / הארגון הצבאי הלאומי בארץ-ישראל.
Gilui Daʻat : ha-Memshalah ha-ʻIvrit ḳom taḳum! Azharah la-manhigim / ha-Irgun ha-Tsevaʼi ha-leʼumi be-Erets-Yiśraʼel.
1948
Irgun-issued declaration dated May 6, 1948 calling for the declaration of a Jewish State by May 15, 1948. Such a declaration is necessary, according to the Irgun, to avoid the postponement or annulment of the U.N. Partition Plan or the British departure from Israel.
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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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- Publisher
- [Israel] : Irgun, 5748 [1948].
- Language
- Hebrew
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