David Ben-Gurion - handwritten draft (in preparation for an article or speech). Unsigned. [1965].
Apparently, the draft concerns the elections to the Sixth Knesset, held in November 1965. In these elections, the "Ma'arach LeAhdut Poalei Eretz Israel" (Alignment for the Union of Workers in the Land of Israel), headed by Levi Eshkol, won out over "Reshimat Poalei Israel" (Rafi - Israeli Workers List), headed by Ben-Gurion, which received only ten mandates.
Ben-Gurion writes: "For the first time, the largest party in Israel has disappeared. In its stead emerges an alignment that calls itself the Alignment for the Union of Workers in the Land of Israel but that is misleading - there is no unity, even between the alignment partners. It is no more than a coalition… the only innovation is in the subjection of the majority to the minority… the comrades who have remained loyal to the national interest and the needs of the workers’ class and its historical role, to become a nation - are with Rafi…”
Ben-Gurion goes on to state the achievements of the Israeli Workers List: “People ask what our program is: we initiated and participated in all the historical changes in the country since the time of the Second Aliya: Jewish labor… self-defense, women’s equality, agricultural settlements, the ingathering of exiles - and finally, the establishment of the state.” Ben-Gurion also writes at length about the political and diplomatic situation in Israel and about the goals and uniqueness of his party.
[3] leaves, 21.5 cm. Thin paper. Good condition. Multiple creases (stains to leaf margins and part of folding lines). Ink somewhat faded in some places.