Issue No. 1 of “Iton Rishmi” Published by the State of Israel (Provisional Government). Printed by “HaPoel HaTzair” Press, Tel Aviv, 5 Iyar 5708 – May 14, 1948. A Rare Stencil-Printed Edition, Likely Preceding the Wider Circulation Edition of “Iton Rishmi.”
“Iton Rishmi” was the original name of “Reshumot, ” the official newspaper of record for the State of Israel, where all laws and regulations of the state were first published. This is the first issue, printed on the day of the state’s establishment, containing the Declaration of Independence read by Ben-Gurion before the People’s Council just hours earlier. Alongside the declaration, the first legal document of the State of Israel is printed – the “Proclamation of the Provisional State Council, ” which Ben-Gurion read immediately after the declaration. This document defined for the first time the powers of the Provisional State Council as the legislative authority, abolished the 1939 White Paper regulations, and established Mandatory law as the basis for Israel’s legal system.
See also the previous item.
3 pages, stapled. 33 cm. Good condition.
