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.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

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

Place

Sdeh Boker

Publication

10th November, 1963

Description

“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

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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.

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