State of Israel $1,000 Bond - Golda Meir as Prime Minister - 1972

Beautifully engraved uncancelled $1,000 Bond certificate from the State of Israel issued in 1972. This historic document was printed by the Israel Government Printer Security Division and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a trailer, airplane, oil well and other buildings. This item has the printed signatures of the Prime Minister ( Golda Meir ) and Minister of Finance ( P. Say ) and is over 34 years old. The $1000 bond was issued to Jacob E. Rosenberg and was redeemable at maturity for $1800. This is a Fifth Development Issue Bond. Since most of these bonds were redeemed, this is a very unique and historic certificate.

Golda Meir

1898-1978 At the age of 70, Golda Meir came out of retirement to lead Israel as Prime Minister. This, after a lifetime of public service. Born in Russia, Meir's family emigrated to the U.S. when she was a child. In 1921, she and her husband moved to Palestine, and Meir began a career devoted to service to her people, both before and after Israel's founding.

In 1946 she became head of the political department of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, which helped to organize the migration of Jews to Palestine, and held the post until the formal establishment of Israel in 1948.

Later, she was elected to Israel's first parliament, and served as Israeli Foreign Minister, Minister of Labor and Ambassador to Moscow.

In 1969, Meir became the fourth Prime Minister of Israel, inheriting the deep divisions in opinion concerning the best plan to deal with the occupied Arab territories that Israel had seized during the Six-Day War of 1967.

As Prime Minister, Meir took a hard line toward the Arab world, refusing to stop expansion of settlements in the occupied territories. She also led an administration that had an open-door immigration policy, and encouraged thousands of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel, and sought to improve relations with the United States.

The aftermath of the Yom Kippur War of 1973 brought an end to Meir's life of public service. Largely blamed for overestimating Israel's security, therefore making the country even more vulnerable to the surprise attacks by Egypt and Syria, her administration was crippled and she resigned the Prime Minister's position in 1974.

She is buried in Jerusalem.