Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Major General Aharon Yariv - Dedication to Muhamad Abd-el-Ghani el-Gamasi - Yom Kippur War

Opening: $500
Unsold
[Old and New Testament]. Beirut, Lebanon, 1966. Arabic.
Preceding the title page appears a handwritten dedication in honor of Muhamad Abd-el-Ghani el-Gamasi, with a verse from the book of Isaiah:"They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation nor train for war anymore". Under this quotation appears Aharon Yariv's handwritten autograph, in Arabic. Muhamad Abd-el-Ghani el-Gamasi, of the senior Egyptian commanders during the Yom Kippur war, who headed the Egyptian negotiations team to arrive at an agreement of disengagement between Israel and Egypt following the war. Attached is a handwritten letter (in English) from Yariv to Gamasi. Good condition. Binding loose and slightly damaged.
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives