Auction 40 · Lot 228

(ZIONISM)

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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printer

His Majesty's Stationery Office

Place

London

Publication

1947

Description

Two Parliamentary publications relating to the British Mandate over Palestine: Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) - House of Commons Official Report: Vol. 432, No. 38 (31st Jan., 1947) Includes "Palestine (Jewish Terrorism)." * And: Vol. 445, No. 39 (Friday, 12th Dec., 1947)

summary

The first publication details the reaction to actions taken by the Irgun fighting force, including the kidnapping of a British judge in order to blackmail the Government into staying the order of execution of Dov Gruner. The second debate, features the observations of several disgruntled British parliamentarians shortly following the November 29th decision by the United Nations General Assembly to partition Palestine between the Jews and Arabs, thus ending the thirty-year old British mandate in Palestine and paving the way for a future Jewish state

Disbound. 4to

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