Autograph letter signed, in Hebrew, on the ex-Prime Minister’s usual unadorned note-paper, to David Snir, concerning a disturbance at the Mandelbaum Gate, and welcoming a proposal to establish a religious settlement in Modi’in.

AUCTION 1 | Thursday, November 14th, 1996 at 1:00

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Lot 293

BEN-GURION, DAVID (Statesman and first Prime Minister of Israel, 1886-1973)

Autograph letter signed, in Hebrew, on the ex-Prime Minister’s usual unadorned note-paper, to David Snir, concerning a disturbance at the Mandelbaum Gate, and welcoming a proposal to establish a religious settlement in Modi’in.

“The riots in Jerusalem arose deep worry in my heart…There is no doubt the feelings of a religious man are to be respected, but the religious must respect the freedom of choice of their fellow citizen. No coercion is to be exercised for or against religious conduct.” Concludes, “I hardly leave Sdeh Boker these days…” 1p., laid down, 8vo

Sdeh Boker: 10th November, 1963

Est: $500 - $700