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Curator's note: According to Dr. Eric Zakim this poster was printed by the Herut party as an attack on David Ben Gurion. It depicts Ben Gurion passing out "Vitamin P" which represents "protexia" or cronyism and political favors. He adds that the 1949 elections were extremely important because they set the stage for the dominance of orthodox Judaism in the social laws of the state.
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The PPPA has only the low resolution digital version of this poster featured
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Eric Zakim
Date: August 22, 2010 9:43:27 PM EDT
To: Dan Walsh
Subject: Re: such an interesting poster...dw
Yes, it's making fun of cronyism and corruption in the early mapai govt. Ben-Gurion is selling vitamin P in the poster, which is protexia, i.e. favors.
The 1949 elections were extremely important because they set the stage for the dominance of orthodox Judaism in the social laws of the state.
On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:00 PM, Dan Walsh wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ISRAEL-1st-ELECTION-POLITIC-POSTER-BEN-GURION-1949-/...