Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 43
... hands . The Chief Secretary , Sir Henry Gurney , unsympathetic and completely Bevin's boy , seems to be the real power in the Government now . I wonder if Sir Alan knows everything being done in the name of his Government ? Still no ...
... hands . The Chief Secretary , Sir Henry Gurney , unsympathetic and completely Bevin's boy , seems to be the real power in the Government now . I wonder if Sir Alan knows everything being done in the name of his Government ? Still no ...
Page 54
... hands three or four times in hand - to - hand fighting . About 600 Arabs attacked in the final stages . We had one success : Abdul Khader Husseini was killed ; also a British Army deserter , in the forefront of the command . The Arabs ...
... hands three or four times in hand - to - hand fighting . About 600 Arabs attacked in the final stages . We had one success : Abdul Khader Husseini was killed ; also a British Army deserter , in the forefront of the command . The Arabs ...
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... hands . The Jews were caught in a narrow trough . A month ago the British offered to evacuate the Jews ; said all would be killed when the Government left . But the old orthodox Jews of Safed declined . " It is all in God's hands ...
... hands . The Jews were caught in a narrow trough . A month ago the British offered to evacuate the Jews ; said all would be killed when the Government left . But the old orthodox Jews of Safed declined . " It is all in God's hands ...
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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