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Lot 245 Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War

"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret"
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Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War Intelligence Report – Egyptian Ministry of War – Information on IDF Activities, Senior Officers, Deployment of Forces, and More – Egyptian Preparations for Invading Sinai Leading up to the Yom Kippur War
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Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items Nov 5, 2024
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"تقرير المخابرات الدورى رقم ٤٤ إسرائيل" – Wide-ranging intelligence report, classified as "Top Secret", prepared by the Egyptian Ministry of War in the lead-up to the Yom Kippur War; includes detailed diagrams of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) strongholds along the length of the Suez Canal, deployment of IDF forces in the Sinai Desert, IDF Air Force activity, Senior IDF officers, etc. January 1973. Arabic.

The present report comprises hundreds of pages of comprehensive intelligence material, including wide-ranging information regarding the IDF and the State of Israel. This material clearly served in preparations for the Egyptian invasion of Israeli-held territory at the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. The report is divided into three main sections, separated by thick paper partitions:

• Israel’s military situation (the largest segment of the report), including a list of the hundreds of artillery positions along the length of the Suez Canal, giving the coordinates of each position; a survey of manpower deployed in various strongholds; information regarding IDF commanders and generals, along with their photos, and details of their past functions and their personal lives; information on dozens of types of weaponry, airplanes, and battle material in Israel’s possession, along with photos, specifying the weapons’ capabilities and where they were produced; anticipated flight times of IDF Air Force planes from moment of take-off till arrival at battlefront; survey of IDF maneuvers and war-readiness; a detailed survey of the ongoing military activity of IDF forces; and more.

• Israel’s political situation, including a comprehensive overview of the state of the alliance between Israel and the United States; international reaction to the effective termination of Soviet influence in Egypt; Israel’s situation at the United Nations; the massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich; and more.

• Israel’s internal situation, giving a detailed account of friction within the ranks of the ruling political party, the issue of who would succeed Prime Minister Golda Meir, various forms of internal tension plaguing Israel (sectarian tensions, problems with new immigrants, struggles between the religious and secular sectors), Israeli exploration ventures in search of oil in the Sinai Desert, and more.

The report begins with the conclusions of the Egyptian chief of military intelligence, Ibrahim Fuad Nasser, stating that there is no political solution to the central problems of the Middle East because it is impossible to bring about a change in Israel’s positions and policies, and that "one fact has now became certain: Israel will never [be convinced to] evacuate Arab lands except by force" p. [13]).
In original thick-paper cover, bearing the emblem of the Republic of Egypt.

[24], 203 pages + [33] plates (diagrams, photos of weapons, photos of IDF commanding officers). Approx. 32.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Tears and small open tears to edges of thick-paper file partitions. Abrasions and wear to cover and spine.
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Lot 246 Illustrated Calligraphic Book – Bezalel, 1956 – Parting Gift Presented to Moshe Sharett by Members of the Government and Knesset, Signed by some 60 Statesmen: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Pinchas Sapir, Dov Yosef, Teddy Kollek, and Others

A unique copy – written in calligraphic handwriting and illuminated with colorful illustrations – of the tale by Haim Haza
A unique copy – written in calligraphic handwriting and illuminated with colorful illustrations – of the tale by Haim Haza
A unique copy – written in calligraphic handwriting and illuminated with colorful illustrations – of the tale by Haim Haza
A unique copy – written in calligraphic handwriting and illuminated with colorful illustrations – of the tale by Haim Haza
A unique copy – written in calligraphic handwriting and illuminated with colorful illustrations – of the tale by Haim Haza
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Illustrated Calligraphic Book – Bezalel, 1956 – Parting Gift Presented to Moshe Sharett by Members of the Government and Knesset, Signed by some 60 Statesmen: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Pinchas Sapir, Dov Yosef, Teddy Kollek, and Others Illustrated Calligraphic Book – Bezalel, 1956 – Parting Gift Presented to Moshe Sharett by Members of the Government and Knesset, Signed by some 60 Statesmen: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Pinchas Sapir, Dov Yosef, Teddy Kollek, and Others Illustrated Calligraphic Book – Bezalel, 1956 – Parting Gift Presented to Moshe Sharett by Members of the Government and Knesset, Signed by some 60 Statesmen: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Pinchas Sapir, Dov Yosef, Teddy Kollek, and Others Illustrated Calligraphic Book – Bezalel, 1956 – Parting Gift Presented to Moshe Sharett by Members of the Government and Knesset, Signed by some 60 Statesmen: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Pinchas Sapir, Dov Yosef, Teddy Kollek, and Others Illustrated Calligraphic Book – Bezalel, 1956 – Parting Gift Presented to Moshe Sharett by Members of the Government and Knesset, Signed by some 60 Statesmen: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Pinchas Sapir, Dov Yosef, Teddy Kollek, and Others
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Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items Nov 5, 2024
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A unique copy – written in calligraphic handwriting and illuminated with colorful illustrations – of the tale by Haim Hazaz, "Chatan Damim" (lit. "Bridegroom of Blood"; this copy was submitted as a final art project by the Bezalel graduating art student Dina Merhav); parting gift presented to Moshe Sharett upon his departure from the Knesset, and upon his embarkment on his last diplomatic mission. Jerusalem, 1956.
Manuscript on thick, high-quality paper, with illuminated title page and opening initial, and with colorful illustrations in the body of the text. Clothbound, in original binding, and with an additional illustration glued onto face of front board. Inked stamp of the Bezalel school on final leaf.
A handwritten dedication (presumably written by Golda Meir) appears on the first page: "To Moshe, our dearest, upon your departure on a great mission, may this blessing from all of us accompany you". This dedication is hand signed by more than 60 government ministers, Knesset members, and other notable Israeli personalities, including Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Minister of Trade Pinchas Sapir, Minister of Labor Dov Yosef, Minister of Transportation Zalman Aran, Minister of Agriculture Peretz Naftali, Chairman of the Keren HaYesod foundation Eliyahu Dobkin, Secretary to the Prime Minister Teddy Kollek, Secretary of the Mapai political party Giora Yoseftal, Knesset Speaker Kadish Luz, Israel Ambassador to the Soviet Union Mordechai Namir, and many others (some of the signatures appear on the reverse side of the page).
Apparently, the present copy was presented to Sharett as a parting gift after he stepped down as Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister – the latter being a position he filled since the establishment of the State of Israel. It also marked the occasion of his departure on his last official task, a mission for which he set out in September, 1956, involving visits to countries throughout Asia and Africa for the purpose of improving Israel’s relations with those countries, having been appointed Israel’s "Goodwill Ambassador at Large". The mission was effectively Sharett’s final task as an Israeli politician and statesman; once he completed his term as Israel’s second prime minister, he never returned to the Knesset. Nor did he play any political role following his ambassadorial journey.

The creator of the manuscript, Dina Merhav (née Gross; 1936-2022), was an Israeli artist and sculptor. Born in Vinkovci (then Yugoslavia, today in Croatia). Immigrated to Israel with her family in 1949 and graduated in 1957 from the Department of Graphic Design of what is now the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. As her artistic career progressed, she began specializing in metal sculpture, and in particular outdoor sculpture – a field which earned her international acclaim; among other places, her works were put on public display in the United States, Switzerland, Macedonia, Croatia, China, India, and Turkey.

[47] pages. with text and illustrations. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slightly loose gatherings. Binding stained, with minor wear. Blemishes and abrasions to illustration adhering to front board.
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