Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Issue of Jedioth Chadashoth – The Declaration of the State – Tel-Aviv, May 16, 1948

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An issue of the newspaper "Neuste Nachrichten – Jedioth Chadashoth" edited by I. Lilienfeld. Tel-Aviv, 16.5.1948. Hebrew and German.
The main headline of the issue announces: "Long Live the State of Israel! The Laws of the White Paper have been Revoked! Free Immigration has Started!". Printed in the issue are the "Scroll of Independence", a manifest "to all residents of the State of Israel" by the temporary government, and various news items.
8 pp (two folded sheets of paper, detached one from the other), 46.5 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Many tears along edges and fold lines, some of them affecting the text and some reinforced with tape. Stains and creases.
Palestine, Settlement, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, Settlement, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel