Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 87
... Haifa , as though it were something " plucked from the moon . " The whole town has been captured by Haganah . Haifa is not Castel or Biddu . It is a city . Besides its 70,000 Arab population there were Arab Legionnaires , bands of ...
... Haifa , as though it were something " plucked from the moon . " The whole town has been captured by Haganah . Haifa is not Castel or Biddu . It is a city . Besides its 70,000 Arab population there were Arab Legionnaires , bands of ...
Page 88
... Haifa . ” Fighting all over the country . Everywhere except in Haifa the Arabs are attacking - Galilee , Sharon , Tel - Aviv , Negev - but we are holding our ground . Bad business in Galilee : 18 - hour battle at Ramat Naphtali on the ...
... Haifa . ” Fighting all over the country . Everywhere except in Haifa the Arabs are attacking - Galilee , Sharon , Tel - Aviv , Negev - but we are holding our ground . Bad business in Galilee : 18 - hour battle at Ramat Naphtali on the ...
Page 90
... Haifa their leaders to - day decided against a truce , after all . They agree that Haganah's conditions are fair , but prefer to evacuate the whole population . Some unseen hand is stimulating this exodus , first in Tiberias , now Haifa ...
... Haifa their leaders to - day decided against a truce , after all . They agree that Haganah's conditions are fair , but prefer to evacuate the whole population . Some unseen hand is stimulating this exodus , first in Tiberias , now Haifa ...
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Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to ... Harry Levin No preview available - 1997 |
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Abdullah afternoon Arab Legion Arab villages armoured cars arms Army asked Ataroth attack Bab-el-Wad battle Ben Yehuda Street British building Castel cease-fire convoy crash dark dead Deir Egyptian Etzel Etzion evacuated eyes feeling fighting fire food convoy Galilee girl Government guns Haganah Haifa hamseen hands heard heavy Hebrew hills Holy Iraqis Israel Jaffa Jaffa Road Jerusalem Jewish Agency Jews Judy Katamon killed last night Latrun Legion looked lorries machine-guns Mateh Michael minutes Mishmar months morning mortars moved officer Old City Palestine Palmach plane police Quarter quiet Ramat Rahel ration Rehavia road Ruth says seems settlements Sheikh Jarrah shells shelter shooting shot siege snipers soldiers started stopped street suddenly Syrians talk tanks Tel-Aviv tell thought to-day to-night told Transjordan Truce Commission wadi walked walls week wireless women wounded Yemin Moshe yesterday