Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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... twenty years they fought , until their triumph was complete . The last of the Syrians was driven from the land , and Judea and Jerusalem were independent . In the eighty years that followed , the new splendour 8 INTRODUCTION.
... twenty years they fought , until their triumph was complete . The last of the Syrians was driven from the land , and Judea and Jerusalem were independent . In the eighty years that followed , the new splendour 8 INTRODUCTION.
Page 60
... Syrian frontier , settlers drove back a Syrian band across the border . In Tiberias , Haganah retaliated sharply when Arabs broke the uneasy local truce . In Haifa , also , the Arabs have taken a blow . But all over the Middle East ...
... Syrian frontier , settlers drove back a Syrian band across the border . In Tiberias , Haganah retaliated sharply when Arabs broke the uneasy local truce . In Haifa , also , the Arabs have taken a blow . But all over the Middle East ...
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... Syrians , Iraqis , product of those sterile wastes . Peculiar crackle to a shot in this heat , as though it labours to tear through the haze . And a bit more sinister . Shots were fewer to - day . In the south , Arabs fired at Katamon ...
... Syrians , Iraqis , product of those sterile wastes . Peculiar crackle to a shot in this heat , as though it labours to tear through the haze . And a bit more sinister . Shots were fewer to - day . In the south , Arabs fired at Katamon ...
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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