HaKnesset HaRishonah. Siyath Tenu'at HaCherut Hatza'ah LeChukat Yesod LeMedinat Yisrael [“The First Knesset. The Herut Party. Proposal for a Constitution for the State of Israel.”]

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 216

(ISRAEL, STATE OF)

HaKnesset HaRishonah. Siyath Tenu'at HaCherut Hatza'ah LeChukat Yesod LeMedinat Yisrael [“The First Knesset. The Herut Party. Proposal for a Constitution for the State of Israel.”]

pp. 38. Light stains. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. Folio

n.p.: (1948)

Est: $600 - $900

The Herut Party, led by Menachem Begin, emerged after the Israeli War of Independence from the ranks of the former underground fighting force Irgun Tzeva'i Le'umi (Etzel), or as it was known to English speakers, the Irgun. Herut was to the right of David Ben Gurion's Mapai party, both in terms of its nationalism and its accommodation of Jewish religion