After Israeli hero David Raziel was killed in Iraq in 1941, his family made great efforts for his remains to be brought to the Land of Israel. Before us is an official letter from the Iraqi consul in Jerusalem, in which he informs the Raziel family that the government of Iraq responded to their request, authorizing transfer of David Raziel’s remains to the Land of Israel. Two letters, in one the consul appeals to the authorities in Iraq requesting a status report regarding transferring Raziel’s remains (a copy of the letter sent to the Raziel family), and in the second, the consul informs the families that the statutory authorities in Iraq decided to authorize the transfer of Raziel’s remains to the Land of Israel. The letter was sent in August of 1947, and it can be assumed that it became irrelevant due to the establishment of the state of Israel. David Raziel (1910-1941) was the commander of Etze”l. He studied at the Mercaz HaRav yeshivah in his youth, where he studied b’chavruta with Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Kook and with Rabbi Avraham Shapira, who both later led the yeshivah. He was one of the founders of Etze”l after it was decided to break off from the Haganah. Jabotinsky remarked after meeting with him that he had waited 15 years to meet a man like Raziel, and he decided to appoint him commissioner of Beita”r in the Land of Israel. After the outbreak of WWII, Etze”l decided to join the British in the war against the Nazis (which led the Leh”i to leave). Raziel was appointed by the British to lead a small commando unit sent to Iraq. Raziel was killed there in an attack on Fallujah. Raziel was buried by the British in Habbaniyah. After his death, many attempts were made to persuade the Iraqi government to transfer his remains to the Land of Israel. This letter shows that authorization was already given in August 1947, which was certainly cancelled due to the establishment of the State of Israel. The Iraqis only agreed to transfer his remains in 1955, on condition that he be interred in Cyprus and not in Israel. In 1961 Menachem Begin succeeded in influencing the new leader of Cyprus, and on 28 Adar, Raziel’s funeral was held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem with the attendance of thousands of people. [2] letters, 16.5×20 cm. The letter with the news of the transfer of the remains, with an official stationery blank of the Iraqi consul in Jerusalem and an imprint of the emblem of Iraq. Fine condition, brown stain produced by staples.