Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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... hills . The grating of the bus gears as they shifted seemed louder than usual . In my mind I saw the road I know so well— the old hills , some covered with cypresses and pine groves , others , parted centuries ago from every shred of ...
... hills . The grating of the bus gears as they shifted seemed louder than usual . In my mind I saw the road I know so well— the old hills , some covered with cypresses and pine groves , others , parted centuries ago from every shred of ...
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... hills . In under an hour we came to a halt , Kolonia before us . I couldn't see it , for it sprawled down the forward slopes of the hill , and I was at the rear . But a few houses on the summit were darkly outlined against the sky . The ...
... hills . In under an hour we came to a halt , Kolonia before us . I couldn't see it , for it sprawled down the forward slopes of the hill , and I was at the rear . But a few houses on the summit were darkly outlined against the sky . The ...
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... hills to the north . ' " " I looked over the defiles and the hills , like nicely rounded scones . Easy to see why Castel has always been a strategic height . The Romans called it Castellum , and relics of a Crusader castle still lie ...
... hills to the north . ' " " I looked over the defiles and the hills , like nicely rounded scones . Easy to see why Castel has always been a strategic height . The Romans called it Castellum , and relics of a Crusader castle still lie ...
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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