Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 210
... evacuation this morning . His cheeks were wet . His feet dragged along the ground ; he stumbled , suddenly gone very aged and frail . I watched him now sitting in a corner at the Park Lane Hotel : an empty shell of a man whose soul had ...
... evacuation this morning . His cheeks were wet . His feet dragged along the ground ; he stumbled , suddenly gone very aged and frail . I watched him now sitting in a corner at the Park Lane Hotel : an empty shell of a man whose soul had ...
Page 281
... agreed in principle on the demilitarization of Jerusalem , but on its own terms and only for the Old City ! The Arab flight is assuming massive proportions . The bulk are not being evacuated ; they evacuate themselves , fleeing 16 July.
... agreed in principle on the demilitarization of Jerusalem , but on its own terms and only for the Old City ! The Arab flight is assuming massive proportions . The bulk are not being evacuated ; they evacuate themselves , fleeing 16 July.
Page 282
... evacuated ; they evacuate themselves , fleeing before the fighting reaches them . And nobody seems to be giving much thought to them , not even the Arab states that got them into this tragic plight . Most Arabs have no heart for the war ...
... evacuated ; they evacuate themselves , fleeing before the fighting reaches them . And nobody seems to be giving much thought to them , not even the Arab states that got them into this tragic plight . Most Arabs have no heart for the war ...
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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