Lot 1052
Ben-Gurion, David (1886-1973), An Israeli politician and its first Prime Minister.
Typed Letter Signed "D. Ben Gurion" (in Hebrew) to Moshe Sharett, Tel Aviv, March 24, 1963, three full pages in Hebrew with several handwritten corrections;
A detailed letter describing the various opposing factions in the early years of the State of Israel. He goes to considerable length in expressing his views on the rise to power of Menachem Begin and, in his opinion, how that might lead to an alliance with the National Religious Party. In part,
"… But in our Knesset there exists an unholy alliance cutting across the entire political spectrum… And it is well within the realm of probability that tomorrow this alliance will include the National Religious Party… This alliance confers the stamp of approval upon Begin in the eyes of many who would otherwise recoil from him in revulsion if our domestic situation were not as wretched and shameful as it is."
Accompanied by a complete translation; Fine.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500
A SIGNIFICANT LETTER ILLUMINATING BEN GURION'S POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND EXPLAINING HIS TREPIDATION OVER THE RISE OF MENACHEM BEGIN.
The letter offers an insight into how David Ben Gurion understood the complex political situation of the young State of Israel. Ben Gurion describes how the rise to power of Menachem Begin could endanger the future of the State of Israel and, in his words, "can be the cause of grave damage to the state of Israel". Ben Gurion's analysis into how the party under Begin could then forge an alliance with the National Religious Party (not, in his view, a positive event), seems prescient today.
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