Etzel Collection, Memoranda
01.12.1944 - 06.04.1948
Reference Code : K 4 - 12/ 2/ 1
Attachments
Description
Response to Winston Churchill including details of Britain's promises to the Jews.
Etzel revolt in response to non-fulfillment of these promises.
Call to heads of Yishuv (pre-State community) to establish provisional Jewish government and national high council.
Memorandum to state delegates to U.N. about the situation in Eretz Israel; demand for expulsion of British from Eretz Israel and establishment of provisional Jewish government.
Memorandum to United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP): Etzel's agreement to cease its actions during activities of the Committee on condition that the British would do the same.
Petition to Commission to act for Etzel members awaiting execution.
Memorandum to the U.N. Commission: importance of Eretz Israel to the Jewish People, British crimes, relations between Jews and Arabs, Etzel's suggestions for solutions.
Memo regarding necessity to establish a Jewish government and a provisional national council, in light of British notification of plan to leave.
Memo to delegations in U.N. General Assembly in September 1947 concerning opposition to Plan to Partition Eretz Israel.
Call to Zionist General Council to establish a Jewish government immediately.