Etzel Collection, Altalena Affair - Five Detainees in Beit Shean Prison - Circulars, Notices, Leaflets, Kol Herut (Voice of Freedom) Broadcasts
21.06.1948 - 29.08.1948
Reference Code : K 4 - 20/ 26
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Pamphlet 'Yalkut Cohen' (Compiled by Cohen), including High Court verdict regarding appeal by Hillel Kook, demanding his release from detention.
Text of Kol HaHerut (Voice of Freedom) broadcast, detailing facts of Altalena Affair; Kol HaHerut leaflet criticizing holding of the five detainees as hostages;
Herut Movement leaflets and notices from American League for a Free Palestine calling for release of the five prisoners, on a hunger strike.
Letter from the five prisoners - Yaakov Meridor, Hillel Kook, Eliyahu Lankin, Bezalel Amitzur and Moshe Hasson - criticizing their detention, calling for their release and informing of start of their hunger strike.
Text of Kol HaHerut (Voice of Freedom) broadcast and Herut Movement informative circulars concerning release of the detainees.

