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The "General Zionists" Party - Election Poster, 1955

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The "General Zionists" Party - Election Poster, 1955
"Cease Fire! Vote Tzadi", election poster of the "General Zionists" [HaTzionim HaKlaliim] party, in anticipation of the Third Knesset elections. No printer or year indicated, [1955]. Hebrew.
The poster illustration, which refers to the Altalena Affair, shows a member of Mapai (Workers' Party of the Land of Israel) standing near a cannon (decorated with a Mapai flag) and gazing towards a ship sinking at sea. On the ship deck are the inscriptions "Capital Investments" and "Individual Freedom", and lying near the cannon are shells with the inscriptions "Socialism in Our Time", "Foreign Exchange Regulation" and "Monopoly".
48X70 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, numerous creases, stains. Open tears to margins.