Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"HaAgam Hazeh" – A Humorous Newspaper Edited by Rehavam Ze'evi – 1958
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"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.
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.
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel