Five issues of “Hadashot MeHa’aretz [News From The Land] - The Palestine News,†1918-1919.
“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 per issue: One Egyptian Piastreâ€. Included are the issues dated July 16, 1918, November 15, 1918, December 6, 1918, March 20, 1919 and April 10, 1919.
“Hadashot MeHa’aretzâ€, the Hebrew edition of the regional British Army newspaper “The Palestine Newsâ€, was the first Hebrew newspaper published in Eretz Israel after it was conquered by the British in WWI (this after all the local Hebrew newspapers were forced to close in 1917 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 more. 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’aretzâ€, which continues to be published to this day.
[14] pp per issue, 40 cm. Fair condition, detached leaves, tears and spots.