Lot 98
"HaAgam Hazeh" – A Humorous Newspaper Edited by Rehavam Ze'evi – 1958
"HaAgam Hazeh", a humorous newspaper with illustrations and pictures. Editor-in-chief: Rehavam Ze'evi, head of editorial staff: Uzi Narkis, illustrator: Zavdi [Shlomo Zavdi]. Ruti Cooperative Press Ltd, Purim – 1958.
The newspaper "HaAgam Hazeh" was published during the 1950s and 1960s as a parody of the most famous gossip newspaper of those days – "HaOlam Hazeh". It features "exposées" about AGAM (the Israeli Defence Forces Directorate of Operations) officers. The main story of this issue deals with the "Plymouth Scandal" – the purchase of Plymouth luxury vehicles for senior officers of the IDF.
Photographs are mounted to some of the pages.
7, [1] pp, approx. 35 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and small tears to edges. Handwritten notation on one of the pages. Tape along the inner edges of some of the pages.
