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Historical Document: The surrender agreement in the Altalena Affair, signed on June 22, 1948, between the IDF and ...
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Historical Document: The surrender agreement in the Altalena Affair, signed on June 22, 1948, between the IDF and the Irgun fighters barricaded in Kfar Vitkin after the explosion of the Altana weapons ship off the coast of Tel Aviv. The document is original. It is noticeable that the signatures of Dan Epstein and Yaakov Weinirsky made an indent in the paper on the other side. Tear at bottom of document.
The Altana was a ship purchased by the Irgun in the summer of 1947 and sailed to Israel about a month after the state was founded. On board were approximately 1,000 immigrants, large arms and medical equipment. Upon the ship's arrival in Israel, all attempts to negotiate between the Irgun leadership led by Menachem Begin and the the newly created Israel Defense Forces, failed. The IDF demanded that the weapons be delivered to them.
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