Israel in a Peaceful Near East [verso]
- Title:
- Israel in a Peaceful Near East [verso]
- Alternate Title:
- Israel in a Peaceful Near East [verso]
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Carta, Jerusalem
- Other Creators:
- Vile-Goller Fine Arts Printing & Lithography Co., publisher
- Date:
- 1971
- Posted Date:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2489.03
- File Name:
- PJM_2489_03.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1960 - Present
- Subject:
- Politics & Government
Religion
Other War & Peace - Measurement:
- 12 maps, each 11 x 10, on sheet 40 x 55 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- During the Six-Day War with Egypt in 1967, Israel occupied most of the Sinai Peninsula. Over the years that followed, there were a number of diplomatic negotiations regarding the territory, culminating in the 1979 peace treaty in which Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai in exchange for Egypt's recognition of the state of Israel. During this period, many supporters of Israel argued that retention of the Sinai was essential to the nation's defense, and this folding brochure was created in support of those views.
When folded, the cover is dominated by a large map of "The State of Israel" - including the Sinai - under the heading "Israel in a Peaceful Near East." ID #2489.01. Surrounding the map are a series of bullet-point assertions, including "The proposals of friends that Israel should retreat from her present borders would again invite war against Israel with the ultimate aim of genocide" and "Israel's current borders must not be changed. Only a defensible Israel guarantees a peaceful Near East."
When the brochure is fully opened (ID #2489.02), it reveals a second map, "Israel and the Arab States," showing how small Israel is compared to its potential enemies in the Middle East. This is again accompanied by a series of bullet points concerning the history of Arab-Israeli conflict, the relative sizes of the states, and the dangers of "Israel's surrender to demands for retreat." Next to the map is "Documentation" of quotes supporting the security of Israel from the Old Testament to Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, and Menachem Begin - along with numerous statements of Arab leaders such as Gamal Abdel Nasser's view: "Our basic aim is destruction of Israel."
On the verso (ID #2489.03) are 12 small maps showing the borders of Israel at different times. The text asserts that the nation "had secure and defensible borders" at only "three times in history." The first was during the Kingdom of David and Soloman, ca. 1000 B.C. The second (actually not shown by a map) was in 1920, pursuant to an "Allied Powers decision," but before it could be implemented, "3/4 thereof were severed from the Jewish National Home unilaterally by Great Britain." And the final time was that following the 1967 war.
The brochure is undated. The National Library of Israel, Harvard and several others hold a nearly identical item (with the Arab States in red rather than dark gray), produced in 1971 by Shikmona Publishing Co., Haifa. There appears to be no institutional holding of this copy, which was published by Vile-Goller Fine Arts Printing & Lithography Co., Kansas City, and distributed by the "American Educational League for a Secure Israel" with a post office box in Kansas City.
This edition of the brochure - with the Kansas City origin - was submitted in support of 1975 congressional testimony by a representative of the violent extremist Jewish Defense League. (United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 1975, 157-161.) And portions of it appeared earlier in an article by Robert St. John for the American Jewish World (January 4 & 11, 1974), preserved in the archives of the University of Texas Library. Thus while the exact date of this version of the map is unknown, it was almost certainly produced between 1971 and 1973.
The Collection includes a number of maps related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Search > "israel* AND palest*".
Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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