Introduction

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This section of the Archive is dedicated to "Physical Planning in Israel" - the first overall plan for the State of Israel - an effort that was headed by Sharon in the years 1948 through 1953.

Sharon headed the Planning Department which was attached directly to the office of the Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, and included about 150 diverse professionals: architects, town planners and mapping and land experts. The plan is sometimes referred to as "The Sharon Plan" in the Israeli press and academic world.

This section is based on a book by the same name published in 1951. The book was published in Hebrew with an English translation, as a booklet, inserted into an internal sleeve. The maps, drawings and photos are from the original Hebrew book. The text images and the texts associated with maps, drawings and photos are from the English booklet.

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The appendices at the end of the section contain documents, letters and photos from this period.

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COPYRIGHTS NOTES:

The credits at the end of the English booklet: "Edited by the Government Printer. Printed by Government Printing Press and Survey of Israel Press. Basic maps and Offset printing - Survey of Israel. English Supplement - Kfar Monash Printing Press. Photos - Government Public Information Office, Kalter, Kluger, Prior. Blocks - United Zincographies Limited."

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As of August 2020, the government of Israel published the entire content of The Sharon Plan Documentation on the Israeli Government Website (Hebrew)

The Hebrew copyrights note on that site translates roughly, with Google, to:

"The ownership and copyright in the information presented on this website belong to the State of Israel. The State of Israel shall not be liable for any use of the information by the user or for any damage caused to the user or to any third party as a direct or indirect result of the use of the service or the information presented in the service. The user alone will be responsible for how he uses the information displayed. The information displayed in the service, and the service itself, is provided 'as is'. The State of Israel shall not be liable for errors or omissions in the information presented in the Service. The aforesaid information includes information that is unofficial, non-binding and does not replace a review of the information published in the official publications of the State of Israel and in accordance with what is required by any law. In the event of a discrepancy or inconsistency between information published in the Service and information published in the official publications of the State of Israel, the information published in the official publications will increase. The full terms of use appear here."

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