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in front of the Scroll of Independence, and I signed on the establishment of a Jewish
state in truncated borders.
We all drove in official cars from Herman Shapiro Street to the signing ceremony
at the museum. There were four people in each car, and since the representatives of
the Revisionist Party numbered three, there was one vacant seat in our car. And so a
fourth passenger was put in with us – none other than… Meir Vilner, the Communist.
He was dressed according to the dress code, with a black suit and a grey tie; in this
respect he was different from the members of Mapam, who appeared in shirts with
open collars."
Dr. Sternberg spent the evening at his home in Tel Aviv with his family and fellow
party members who came to congratulate him.
31. Moshe Shapira: "We were seized with joy and trembling"
T hree festively dressed figures walked out of the museum hall and met to drink a
toast at the Talpiot Hotel: two had just emerged from the historic event as Israeli
Provisional Government ministers, members of the Jewish government that had
Moshe Shapira signs, with Ben-Gurion looking on at the left, and Moshe Shertok,
paying close attention to the execution of each signature, at the right
68 The Friday That Changed Destiny
state in truncated borders.
We all drove in official cars from Herman Shapiro Street to the signing ceremony
at the museum. There were four people in each car, and since the representatives of
the Revisionist Party numbered three, there was one vacant seat in our car. And so a
fourth passenger was put in with us – none other than… Meir Vilner, the Communist.
He was dressed according to the dress code, with a black suit and a grey tie; in this
respect he was different from the members of Mapam, who appeared in shirts with
open collars."
Dr. Sternberg spent the evening at his home in Tel Aviv with his family and fellow
party members who came to congratulate him.
31. Moshe Shapira: "We were seized with joy and trembling"
T hree festively dressed figures walked out of the museum hall and met to drink a
toast at the Talpiot Hotel: two had just emerged from the historic event as Israeli
Provisional Government ministers, members of the Jewish government that had
Moshe Shapira signs, with Ben-Gurion looking on at the left, and Moshe Shertok,
paying close attention to the execution of each signature, at the right
68 The Friday That Changed Destiny
