Israel Defense Forces, Nahal Command, Information Center announces the annual Nahal Conference

כנס הנח”ל כרזה 1961

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Recruitment for the Jewish Brigade – Poster Designed by Shamir Brothers
“LeNakam VeleGeula!”, poster encouraging enlistment to the Jewish Brigade. Linol: inst. Z. [Zvi] Bergman, Shamir & Associates printing press Ltd. [ca. 1945]. Design: Shamir Brothers.
Poster in color depicting a brigade soldier holding a rifle, with more soldiers in the background, attacking, and the Israeli flag.

THE JEWISH BRIGADE GROUP
Beginning in 1920, Great Britain ruled Palestine under a mandate created by the League of Nations. The British were to facilitate the establishment of a modern Jewish homeland. Due to Arab opposition to the proposed Jewish homeland in Palestine, the British initially refused to establish a separate fighting unit of Jewish volunteers from Palestine. However, wartime manpower requirements and the strategic need to defend the Middle East induced the British to permit the formation of 15 Palestinian Jewish battalions. These units were incorporated into the British army in September 1940.

Jewish units fought with the Allies in Greece in 1941; 100 Palestinian Jews were killed there and 1,700 captured by the Germans. On August 6, 1942, the British army formed a Palestine Regiment out of three Jewish and one Palestinian Arab battalion. The regiment fought in Egypt and in the battles of North Africa.

The Jewish Brigade Group of the British army, which fought under the Zionist flag, was formally established in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers from Palestine organized into three infantry battalions and several supporting units. Under the command of Brigadier Ernest Benjamin, the Jewish Brigade fought against the Germans in Italy from March 1945 until the end of the war in May 1945.

After the German surrender, the Jewish Brigade was stationed along the Italian border with Austria and Yugoslavia, and later in Belgium and the Netherlands. Some soldiers from the Brigade helped create displaced persons camps for Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Brigade members also became involved in organizing the flight of Jewish refugees from eastern Europe and their clandestine entry into Palestine. Individual soldiers acquired arms for the Hagana, the major Jewish underground defense organization in Palestine.

Britain disbanded the Jewish Brigade Group in the summer of 1946. Some 30,000 Jewish volunteers from Palestine served with the British forces during World War II. More than 700 were killed during active duty

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Vintage rare poster printed 1948  “Gimel” The gate to the State

The party was disbanded prior to the 1951 elections when it merged into Herut.

Beitar HERUTH Betar

HaTzohar (Hebrew: הצה”ר, an acronym for HaTzionim HaRevizionistim (הציונים הרוויזיוניסטים), lit. The Revisionist Zionists), officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim (ברית הציונים הרוויזיוניסטים, lit. Union of Revisionist Zionists) was a Revisionist Zionist organization and political party in Mandatory Palestine and newly independent Israel.
Jabotinsky

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The slogan of the Revisionist Movement was used as a title in the “Rassvet” newspaper, edited by Jabotinsky; “The goal of Zionism is: Eretz Yisrael as a single state on both sides of the Jordan River.”

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The fund was founded in London in 1929 after the Arab riots and violence of 1929. During the British Mandate period, the funds were used by the revisionist Zionist movement. Its stated goals were supported for the Jewish defense in the Land of Israel, and the education of the Zionist youth for self-defense.

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In The poster- ‘Jabotinsky was right in his demands for a Hebrew army, a Hebrew state, and mass immigration, and in his war against the policy of surrender and reduction of immigration. Get your membership to the Jabotinsky Movement with the Zionist citizen’s card’.

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The party was disbanded prior to the 1951 elections when it merged into Herut.

HaTzohar (Hebrew: הצה”ר, an acronym for HaTzionim HaRevizionistim (הציונים הרוויזיוניסטים), lit. The Revisionist Zionists), officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim (ברית הציונים הרוויזיוניסטים, lit. Union of Revisionist Zionists) was a Revisionist Zionist organization and political party in Mandatory Palestine and newly independent Israel.
Jabotinsky

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After the UN decision to partition Israel, acquiring weapons for Israeli Defense became a critical yet extremely complex challenge. With an arms embargo imposed by the US on the Middle East blocking legal supplies from America and Europe, Israel resorted to illicit arms procurement, mainly from the Soviet bloc. This led to a varied and outdated arsenal, causing severe logistical issues for the IDF. (It should also be noted that meanwhile, Arab armies were extremely equipped, both in the quantity and quality of weaponry).

Following the War of Independence, the IDF sought a solution by standardizing its firearms. In the 1950s, they selected the FN FAL rifle—a modern and efficient weapon successfully used by Israel until the 70s in numerous operations, including Operation Kadesh (1956), the Six-Day War (1967), and the Yom Kippur War (1973). Despite its accuracy, the rifle’s sensitivity to desert conditions required constant maintenance, leading to frustration among soldiers.

To address this and foster trust and proper care for their weapons, the Ministry of Defense launched a campaign for the soldiers. As part of this effort, the renowned Shamir brothers created the poster you see above, now newly discovered and presented here—the only known survivor from that campaign. The poster’s slogan, “Soldier! Take care of me, trust me,” encapsulates the intricate narrative of Israel’s early military history, reflecting the battles fought to build and defend the nascent state.

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