All Issues of the Newspaper “Hadashot MeHa’aretz” – Jerusalem-Cairo, 1918-1919

The Palestine News / Hadashot MeHa’aretz, Hebrew edition of the Weekly Newspaper of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of the British Army in Occupied Enemy Territory. Published every Friday. G.H.O. Palestine. Price: One Egyptian Piastre. Jerusalem-Cairo, April 4, 1918 through April 10, 1919.
Volume of issues nos. 1-53 (53 issues; no other issues printed) + 10 "supplement" issues.
“Hadashot MeHa’aretz”, the Hebrew edition of the British military weekly "The Palestine News", was the first newspaper published in Eretz Israel after the British occupation, after all local newspapers were banned by the Ottoman authorities. The newspaper was printed in Jerusalem and was first published on April 4, 1918. The editorial staff, however, was ordered by the British to operate from Cairo. At the time, the newspaper’s subscribers numbered 13 and the number of readers was not much higher. The newspaper, which editorially maintained a mild Zionist attitude, was published weekly, every Friday. A total of 53 issues were published between April 1918 and April 1919, when the newspaper was closed by order of the British authorities. Two months later, in June 1919, the first issue of the daily “Hadashot Ha’aretz” – the civilian offshoot of “Hadashot MeHa’aretz” – was published in Jerusalem. In December 1919 the word “Hadashot” was omitted and the title became “Ha’aretz”, which continues to be published to this day.
Volume, 41 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Some tears and wear. Adhesive tape to several issues. Ownership inscriptions on some of the last issues.