{"product_id":"d","title":"Original Israeli Propaganda Caricature Book, Joseph Bass, Those Were the Days..., Tel Aviv, 1952","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1080\" data-start=\"564\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"585\" data-start=\"571\"\u003eהיו זמנים...\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem data-end=\"632\" data-start=\"587\"\u003eThose Were the Days... \/ Il fut un temps...\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr data-end=\"636\" data-start=\"633\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e Israel\u003cbr data-end=\"654\" data-start=\"651\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear: \u003c\/strong\u003e1952\u003cbr data-end=\"667\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor and Artist: \u003c\/strong\u003eJoseph Bass \/ יוסף בס\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"710\" data-start=\"707\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eMatspen Publications, Tel Aviv\u003cbr data-end=\"754\" data-start=\"751\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter: \u003c\/strong\u003eHadfus Haklali Ltd., Tel Aviv\u003cbr data-end=\"795\" data-start=\"792\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/strong\u003eHebrew, English, and French\u003cbr data-end=\"835\" data-start=\"832\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardcover illustrated political cartoon book\u003cbr data-end=\"890\" data-start=\"887\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e107\u003cbr data-end=\"903\" data-start=\"900\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eGood vintage condition. Hardcover binding with age wear, rubbing, toning, handling marks, page creases, and light edge wear. Interior pages remain intact and legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1545\" data-start=\"1082\"\u003ePublished four years after the establishment of the State of Israel, \u003cem data-end=\"1175\" data-start=\"1151\"\u003eThose Were the Days...\u003c\/em\u003e is an early Israeli propaganda object in the form of political satire. Its cartoons consolidate a state-aligned narrative of the 1948 war and its aftermath, presenting Arab political and military actors through hostile caricature while framing Israeli austerity, militarization, immigration, rationing, and civic discipline as necessary components of national survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1898\" data-start=\"1547\"\u003eThe book’s trilingual format suggests a readership beyond Hebrew-speaking Israel, positioning its visual and ideological message for international circulation. Its humor is therefore not incidental. It functions as a persuasive tool, translating war, scarcity, and state-building into accessible scenes of ridicule, endurance, and patriotic consensus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"2247\" data-start=\"2219\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping from New York City.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN™","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260328816854,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/Untitled_design-22.png?v=1778953123","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/d","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}