Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 131
... FIRE , and the tormented city is catching its breath . We know it is not the same as a truce , and there is little hopefulness that it will last long . But here and now the tremendous fact is — it's quiet . Not a shot all day . Makes ...
... FIRE , and the tormented city is catching its breath . We know it is not the same as a truce , and there is little hopefulness that it will last long . But here and now the tremendous fact is — it's quiet . Not a shot all day . Makes ...
Page 221
... fire , conditionally ; conditions to be announced later . If they are similar to previous conditions , the cease - fire is as good as still - born . The broadcast of the news of Arab acceptance was almost drowned by cannon fire ...
... fire , conditionally ; conditions to be announced later . If they are similar to previous conditions , the cease - fire is as good as still - born . The broadcast of the news of Arab acceptance was almost drowned by cannon fire ...
Page 244
... fire . " I was shocked to learn that we cannot get sufficient supplies to keep us going by the new road until it is vastly improved , and that will take some time . Nor does he believe that we could continue much longer fighting as we ...
... fire . " I was shocked to learn that we cannot get sufficient supplies to keep us going by the new road until it is vastly improved , and that will take some time . Nor does he believe that we could continue much longer fighting as we ...
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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