"Sha'alu Shlom Yerushalayim" – Single Leaf – Call to Cease Fighting in Jerusalem – January 1948

"Sha'alu Shlom Yerushalayim", "an open call and plea to all fighting parties in Jerusalem from the Haredi residents. Jerusalem, [January, 1948].
A public notice to "our Arab Neighbors" and to "our Jewish, Zionist and National Brothers" to leave Jerusalem out of the war due to its holiness and due to unwillingness on the part of its inhabitants to fight the Arabs. The notice also turns to the British Mandate Administration, as a leading power, to respect the holiness of Jerusalem. The notice is signed by "Vaadat HaMatzav of the Edah HaCharedit". Stated on the bottom of this notice is that "it is printed in Hebrew, Arabic and English", but presented here is a single leaf in Hebrew.
[1] leaf (according to the NLI there should be [1], 4, 4, [1] pp), 31.5X23.5 cm. Fair condition. Damages caused by fire to right upper corner, slightly affecting text. Stains. Tears and open tears to margins of leaf, not affecting text. Bound in a cardboard binding.
Peovenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.