Issue “HaMashkif” – Newspaper of the Revisionist Movement in Eretz Israel, dated Sunday, May 16, 1948 – entitled: “The State of Israel was established”. (The announcement took place on Friday, May 14, and the newspapers announced it two days later on Sunday)
On the title page are pictures of Herzl and Jabotinsky, the full version of the Declaration of Independence and “The Commander-in-Chief of the National Military Organization”, according to which “Etzel abandons the underground within the borders of the independent Hebrew state”. The upper part above reads: “The United States government has accepted the fact of existence of the State of Israel, our armies are repelling Egyptian invasions … battles for the liberation of Jerusalem … the first immigrants arrived in the State of Israel.”
“HaMashkif” – saw himself first and foremost as protecting the integrity of the homeland and this fact was expressed in the map of the Land of Israel, which appeared on the title page of the newspaper, and encircled both sides of the Jordan. Published in consecutive years: 1938-1949.
[4] pages. Complete sheet. 55X40.5 cm. Stains, folding marks. Good condition.
