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The Silver Platter
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A State is not handed to a people on a silver platter.[Chaim Weizmann, first president of Israel]. . . and the land was silent. The incarnate sunFlickered languidlyAbove the smoldering borders.And a…

Contributor:

Nathan Alterman

Places:

Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Date:

1947

Subjects:

Zionism, War, Politics, Rebellion

Categories:

Poetry