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Page 87
... Wall . The dispute over the Wailing Wall and the Old City is probably a reflection of the whole struggle for the ownership of Eretz Israel . It must be said to the credit of the British authorities that they understood very well the ...
... Wall . The dispute over the Wailing Wall and the Old City is probably a reflection of the whole struggle for the ownership of Eretz Israel . It must be said to the credit of the British authorities that they understood very well the ...
Page 88
... Wall . And there they decreed " Jews are forbidden to blow the Shofar at the Wailing Wall . " The British , famous for their observance of law , enforced this prohibition religiously . And if the law they decreed said that the very ...
... Wall . And there they decreed " Jews are forbidden to blow the Shofar at the Wailing Wall . " The British , famous for their observance of law , enforced this prohibition religiously . And if the law they decreed said that the very ...
Page 91
... Wall must be kept a dead secret . The whole value of our warnings lay in letting the enemy believe that if he dared come near the Wall he would be fired on from every direction and suffer heavy casualties . We were therefore com- pelled ...
... Wall must be kept a dead secret . The whole value of our warnings lay in letting the enemy believe that if he dared come near the Wall he would be fired on from every direction and suffer heavy casualties . We were therefore com- pelled ...
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