The Problem of Palestine; Memorandum presented to the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry by the Arab Office, Jerusalem. London, [1946]. English.
A booklet with an article titled "The Problem of Palestine, Summary of the Arab Point of View" submitted by members of the "Arab Office" in Jerusalem to the "Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry". The article describes the attitude of the country's Arabs regarding Jewish settlement and the Zionist organization, and their suggestions to solve the problems of Palestine's future.
8 pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Some stains to cover. Rust around pins stapling the booklet (at margins of all of the leaves).

A sheet of fake British consular stamps printed for the "Haganah" in order to forge certificates. [Merhavia, second half of 1940s].
Stamps with the writing "Consular Service" and a photo of the King of England, printed to be used for fake Aliya certificates, as part of "Aliya Daled".
"Aliya Daled" is the name of a system to let illegal immigrants enter Palestine with fake certificates, introduced in 1947. The certificates were faked using fake British consular stamps and ink-stamps. The initiator of this idea, who also materialized it, was Shlomo Zimermann. Zimermann said that they succeeded in forging various British visas - tourists visas, Aliya certificates, visas for returning citizens - and to accord passports by exchanging photos. In order to verify that there are no problems upon arrival, Zimermann and his colleagues recruited a Jewish Passport Control clerk in Haifa port, who - for payment - took the risk and made all the holders of forged documents - pass. During the "Aliya Daled" operation thousands of immigrants from various places arrived. All of this operation was done through Haifa Port and by Zimermann and the "Institute for Aliya Bet" in Haifa
Enclosed is a copy of a letter from the commander of "Aliya Bet Institute", Shaul Avigur, to Yehudah Slutzky, historian and author, who wrote, among others, a book about the history of the "Haganah". In this letter Avigur states that "the stamps were printed in Merhavia printing press, the perforation was done in "Ot" printing press in Haifa and the clichés in Zincography". The graphic designer was, most probably, Nathan Shelker.
21 stamps per sheet. Good condition.

Two autograph letters, sent by the ophthalmologist Aryeh Feigenbaum to his daughter and her family during the siege on Jerusalem. Jerusalem, May-June 1948.
The letters are written as a journal, written between the dates 18.5.1948 to 16.6.1948. Mentioned in the letters, among others, are the Jordanian Legion joining the war, bombardment of neighborhoods in Jerusalem (Feigenbaum's house was hit several times), shortage of water, snipers in Jerusalem, occupation of Notre Dame, defeat of the Old City, telephone conversation with a Jewish doctor who volunteered to be taken prisoner with injured soldiers, telephone conversation with a Jordanian officer in the Old City, involvement of the British in the war, and other subjects.
On the margins of each of the letters appears a text handwritten by Feigenbaum's wife, Rachel (daughter of the teacher and author Yosef Meyuchas).
Prof. Aryeh Feigenbaum (1885-1981), one of the first ophthalmologists in Palestine. Head of Eye Department in "Tachanat HaBeriut HaIvrit" in Jerusalem, one of the founders of "Agudat HaRofim Dovrei Ivrit" and secretary and chairman of "Histadrut HaRofim BeYErushalayim". Winner of the Szold prize for medicine and public hygiene for the year 1962-1963.
First letter: 8 pp. Second letter: 4 pp. 25 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Foxing and slight defects.