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Moshe Dayan Manuscript

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Moshe Dayan Manuscript
"WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE AUCTION ENDS BY THE AUCTIONEER ONCE ALL BIDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER FOR EACH LOT."
Fascinating Moshe Dayan handwritten article regarding the 5th Israeli Parliament elections of 1961. No date or place, though ostensibly 1961. In these six pages, Dayan expresses his views of these upcoming elections and prognosticates Israel's political future. In Hebrew, translation reads in part, ''The elections coming on August 15th were designed for the election of a Knesset and formation of a Government, which will run the state in the next 4 years…When 'Mapam' and …following them the Progressives announced that they will not sit in a government headed by David Ben Gurion they did not say whether it was a temporary sanction or a lifetime ban, but it was obviously refreshing moment…they are the ones who have right to decide who stands at the head of 'MAPAY' (Labor party)…This coalition gave us three constructive achievements, a boycott on Ben Gurion as prime minister, premature elections and calling the Knesset for emergency gatherings…the key people in this coalition…declare that they wont sit in a government in which the Labor party is the majority, while the labor party is a minority in the Knesset…what is the true meaning of this statement? Does the Labor party, having majority in the government, deprive the representatives of the other parties and by that transforming from minority to majority? In this Knesset the Labor party has 54 representatives (including the Arab parties)…by which system will the next government be elected?…I'm afraid…that the intention is to make a minority become a majority and the majority to become a minority…'' Six page article numbered atop each page, with many words and sections crossed out, indicating a draft stage of the manuscript. Light toning and spotting, otherwise fine.