HaOved - The Worker - published by "HaChalutz" - Worker Department in Bratislava, September 1948. Rare stencil printed booklet - the minutes of the Zionist Executive Committee meeting in Bratislava - published by the Central Zionist Association for Czechoslovakia - "Worker" Department - summarizing the decisions of the first meeting held after the establishment of the State of Israel, addressing urgent issues following the declaration of independence.
"The Zionist Action Committee convened at its first meeting in an independent Jewish state declares: With the establishment of the Jewish state, a new era began in the history of the Jewish people. The Zionist organization, which unites all Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, faces the serious and difficult task of organizing free immigration and transforming barren lands into flourishing settlements and deserts into fields and gardens. The Zionist Action Committee proudly acknowledges the rapid rise of the young Jewish state, which has taken root even in the consciousness of the entire world. Israel has become a living reality in the eyes of the Jewish people and the world at large. In this festive moment, the Zionist Action Committee commemorates the founders and fighters of the Zionist movement and reveres with holy awe the founder of the Zionist movement, Dr. T. Herzl. The Zionist Action Committee bows deeply above the graves of six million people who died in the last world war and became victims of the hell of concentration camps. The Zionist Action Committee expresses its deep appreciation for the settlement, its visible attitude, and its admiration for the Israeli army for its victories...".
The booklet deals with urgent matters that arose with the establishment of the State of Israel - the call to arms for all members to defend the state and its institutions. The Zionist Action Committee declared here that every Jew has the basic right to settle in Israel, and it was determined that any prohibition on immigration from any country constitutes an act of hatred against the Jewish people. At the end of the booklet is an article about the establishment of the first settlements in Eretz Israel, etc. Also included is a section referring to Jewish-Arab relations: "This is a historic decree that Jews and Arabs need to live together, and only through friendship and cooperation between Jews and Arabs, as well as other Middle Eastern peoples, can the deserts bloom again, and the Middle East can once again become an economic, cultural, and political force in the lives of nations and the entire world...".
11 p. 30 cm. Minor stains on the cover. Good condition.
