David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Birth of Israel and Upcoming Election
kg:: David Ben-Gurion Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Birth of Israel and Upcoming Election [Judaica]
Signed “D. Ben-Gurion” to Rabbi Y.L. Fishman. One page in Hebrew on stationary of The Jewish Agency for Palestine. March 23, 1948, [Israel]. Written just two months before the State of Israel was proclaimed to the world. As head of the Jewish Agency, the future President, Ben Gurion, writes to Rabbi Fishman on the preparations for the upcoming elections. 8.5 x 11 inches.
In 1922, the League of Nations entrusted to Britain the administration of Palestine and the reconstruction of a Jewish homeland, which was to be accomplished in 1947. The UN passed a resolution calling for the partition of the area into separate Jewish and Arab states. After a bloody Arab-Israeli conflict following the British withdrawal, the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. Ben-Gurion was designated the first Prime Minister, a position he held for the majority of the next fifteen years.
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Translated from Hebrew, in full:
"Please convey to the Executive the following – As I was deprived of the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the Executive, I ask to be allowed to appoint a member to be the head of Defence, so that I can transfer this work from myself as soon as possible. I wish to point out that because of the remarks that were heard in the discussion of our answers to the American announcement (I refer to the remarks of Golda Myerson and Kolotny), I am of the opinion that paragraph “C” should be changed, by way of adding a demand for an immediate agreement that a temporary Government be formulated in accordance with the version that I gave to my Secretary Svi Marmion.”
David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973). Became the first prime minister of Israel on May 14, 1948 when he proclaimed the birth of the independent State of Israel. Prior to 1948, he had been a leader in the pioneering Labor movement and had headed the struggle for Jewish independence in Palestine. Ben-Gurion resigned from the government in 1953, only to be recalled to serve as defense minister in 1955. By the end of 1955 he was once again serving as prime minister while maintaining his position in the defense ministry. He resigned permanently from the Israeli Parliament in 1970. Ben-Gurion’s ideology was staunchly democratic and he was an ardent Zionist.
Signed “D. Ben-Gurion” to Rabbi Y.L. Fishman. One page in Hebrew on stationary of The Jewish Agency for Palestine. March 23, 1948, [Israel]. Written just two months before the State of Israel was proclaimed to the world. As head of the Jewish Agency, the future President, Ben Gurion, writes to Rabbi Fishman on the preparations for the upcoming elections. 8.5 x 11 inches.
In 1922, the League of Nations entrusted to Britain the administration of Palestine and the reconstruction of a Jewish homeland, which was to be accomplished in 1947. The UN passed a resolution calling for the partition of the area into separate Jewish and Arab states. After a bloody Arab-Israeli conflict following the British withdrawal, the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. Ben-Gurion was designated the first Prime Minister, a position he held for the majority of the next fifteen years.
K10876 $12,000
Translated from Hebrew, in full:
"Please convey to the Executive the following – As I was deprived of the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the Executive, I ask to be allowed to appoint a member to be the head of Defence, so that I can transfer this work from myself as soon as possible. I wish to point out that because of the remarks that were heard in the discussion of our answers to the American announcement (I refer to the remarks of Golda Myerson and Kolotny), I am of the opinion that paragraph “C” should be changed, by way of adding a demand for an immediate agreement that a temporary Government be formulated in accordance with the version that I gave to my Secretary Svi Marmion.”
David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973). Became the first prime minister of Israel on May 14, 1948 when he proclaimed the birth of the independent State of Israel. Prior to 1948, he had been a leader in the pioneering Labor movement and had headed the struggle for Jewish independence in Palestine. Ben-Gurion resigned from the government in 1953, only to be recalled to serve as defense minister in 1955. By the end of 1955 he was once again serving as prime minister while maintaining his position in the defense ministry. He resigned permanently from the Israeli Parliament in 1970. Ben-Gurion’s ideology was staunchly democratic and he was an ardent Zionist.