Issue of "Turim Mechazit Kiryati", titled "The State of Israel was Established". Published by the Culture Department / Kiryati, [Tel Aviv], May 15, 1948.
Issue of the Kiryati brigade bulletin. The brigade operated in the area of Tel Aviv during the Independence War. This issue was published on the day following the declaration of independence. Printed on the first leaf is the declaration "The State of Israel was Established" on the background of the Israeli flag. On the bottom of the title page appears the slogan "Defense Forces in Eretz Israel – for Liberty! For Independence! For Victory!" (Hebrew). The issue includes texts by Zionist intellectuals, Alterman's poem "The Silver Tray" (Hebrew), government announcements and a short version of the Scroll of Independence. The last leaf includes news from the front, most of which refer to the surrender of Jaffa two days earlier, following Operation "Hametz" in which this brigade participated.
6 leaves (the issue might be lacking at the end), 33 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves. Pinholes. Numerous stains. Slight tears and creases at margins and corners of leaves, most of which are professionally restored.

Issue of "Ha'aretz" newspaper dated 16.5.1948.
Headline of this issue: "Vision of generations comes true: State of Israel is established". Printed on the front page are the Scroll of Independence, photograph of Ben-Gurion during the independence declaration ceremony and photographs of the cabinet members.
[2] leaves (4 pp), 58 cm. Fair-good condition. Numerous stains. Folding marks. Some tears and pinholes. One tear, at upper margins, restored with adhesive tape.

Iton Rishmi (Official Gazette), issue no. 1. Printed with authorization granted by the Provisional Government, "HaPo'el HaTza'ir" printing press, Tel- Aviv, May 14, 1948.
Printed in this issue, published by the Provisional Government, are the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel and a manifest regarding legislative authorities.
4 pp. 32.5 cm. Good condition, foxing. Folding marks and slight creases.

Manifest tsu der She'erit-Hapletha. Single leaf. No note of printing location or year. [Munich? May 1948]. Yiddish.
An emotional manifest in honor of the establishment of the State of Israel which reads, among other statements, "Our heart is with Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish People" and ends with the words "zol lebn di idishe medine!" [long live the Jewish State!].
[1] leaf, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and slight creases. Some small tears at margins. Adhesive tape (to prevent tears) to back, at bottom margins.

Speech of Moshe Smoira, first president of the Israel Supreme Court, at the opening ceremony of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on September 14, 1948.
6 typewritten leaves containing the full speech. Smoira spoke of the importance of the inauguration of the court and especially in the city of Jerusalem. He expounded upon the mission of the judicial system according to Jewish law, the separation of the various authorities and the task of the Supreme Court in relation to this separation, the relationship between the judges and the attorneys, etc.
6 leaves, size varies. Average size: 27.5 cm. Good condition. Folds to corners and margins. Few stains.
Enclosed is a handwritten leaf with the prayer "Hineni HeAni MiMa'as" (Behold, I am here impoverished in deeds) which the cantor chants on Yom Kippur. Smoira refers to this prayer in his speech, requesting that the judges do not misappropriate their authority as public emissaries.
[1] leaf, 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears, some affecting text. Creases and folding marks.