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Manager Director,Berl Katznelson Foundation: Israel Krieger Chair, Archives Academic Committee: Yitzhak Greenberg, prof. Archive Staff: Director Michael Polishchuk, Ph.D.; Ms Haya Seidenberg; Ms Rita Narinsky; Ms Safrira Ziv |
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If there has been any breach of copyright on this website for any document, photo or poster, this was unintentional, and we would be grateful to anyone who draws out attention to the oversight so that we might rectify it immediately… (Hebrew version) |
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The Workers Party of Eretz Israel (Mapai) was founded in 1930 through the unification of two workers’ parties, Achdut Ha’avoda and Hapoel Hatzair. In 1932 the worldwide organizations affiliated with each of these two parties were also united, under the heading of Ichud Olami (World Union). From its inception, Mapai, which was a Zionist Socialist party, became the main political entity in the Jewish settlements in Palestine. It also headed the largest labor union, the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor) as well as the Jewish Agency and the Haganah defense forces. Mapai, and as of 1968 the Labor Party (Avodah), remained at the forefront of the State until 1977, forming the basis for every successive government. Among its leaders over the years were David Ben-Gurion, Berl Katznelson, Yitzhak Tabenkin, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Haim Arlozorov, Moshe (Shertok) Sharett, Eliahu Golomb, Golda Meir, David Remez, Yosef Shprinzak and Eliezer Kaplan. Through the years other persons joined the leadership of the party, among them Levi Eshkol, Pinhas Lavon, Pinhas Sapir, Moshe Dayan, Abba Eban, Shimon Peres, Yigal Alon, Israel Galili and Yitzhak Rabin. On May 24, 1963, the party Secretariat decided to establish the archive, whose main function would be to serve as a repository for all archival material of the party, beginning with the meetings of the Joint Secretariat of Achdut Ha’avoda and Hapoel Hatzair in 1929, as well as correspondence and publications of the Ichud Olami. 
The Moshe Sharett Labor Party Archive was founded in 1965 as part of the Berl Katznelson Foundation, and was recognized by the government of Israel as a public archive, subject to the stipulations of the Archives Law. The source materials of this historical, administrative and documentational archive reflect the history of the party and of other organizations to this day. The staff takes pleasure in introducing this website to the general public interested in the history of Israel both before and after it became a state, and of the Zionist Labor movement. The map of the website will facilitate the search for information, and our virtual museum offers a selection of our most unusual possessions. To begin a search, please turn to the collections. Detailed catalogues will allow our visitors rapid access to detailed information concerning the location of files, posters, photographs and other items. Our LMSWWWserver software provides for thematic searches as well, while links to the visuals provide direct online use of the source material using electronic or printed copies. In general, a file in the archive is opened to the general public thirty years after being sealed, except for certain series which are opened immediately upon being listed. In other cases, the immunity period extends beyond thirty years. For further information, please check on the terms for accessing the archival collections. |
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