“Declaration” – “The United Nations Organization has decided to partition our homeland… In the Land of Israel there will be two Arab states, and no more than 14 percent of the homeland’s land will be allotted to the Jewish state… The partition of our homeland is illegal. It will never be recognized.” A particularly harsh poster issued by the Irgun (Etzel) in response to the UN resolution to end the British Mandate and establish two independent states in the Land of Israel a Jewish state and an Arab state (the Partition Plan). Kislev 5708 – November 1947. Printed in blue ink.
In the poster, the organization accuses the Jewish Agency of “leading the people from one downfall to another for a quarter of a century, ” and of signing “a deed of abandonment for the homeland’s land and the future of the nation.” It further declares, in the name of the divine promise given to the father of the nation, in the name of all the heroes of Israel throughout the generations, in the name of the martyrs, in the name of the prisoners of Zion, and others, that any signature, by institutions or individuals, on the “partition contract” is devoid of all validity, and that it will not bind the people of Israel.
The nation of Israel, the poster proclaims, will continue the struggle for the liberation of its land. The declaration concludes with the statement:
“The whole Land of Israel will be returned to the People of Israel forever.”
Size: 50×36 cm. Fold mark. Good – very good condition.
