Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 65
... looked 15 or 16 , students , young clerks , apprentice craftsmen , or lads from the settlements . Here they seemed to belong to a world a million miles away from all of that , and even further away from the studies of Rehavia and the ...
... looked 15 or 16 , students , young clerks , apprentice craftsmen , or lads from the settlements . Here they seemed to belong to a world a million miles away from all of that , and even further away from the studies of Rehavia and the ...
Page 159
... looked like a labourer , but controlled the situation like a professional soldier , viewed us as a nuisance . He gave us a guide and told us to keep low and silent . Through peep - holes and between sandbags , we saw the battle area ...
... looked like a labourer , but controlled the situation like a professional soldier , viewed us as a nuisance . He gave us a guide and told us to keep low and silent . Through peep - holes and between sandbags , we saw the battle area ...
Page 193
... looked frightened . I wondered vaguely whether it is more comfortable to be hit on an empty or a slightly filled stomach . Then the shelling moved off a bit , perhaps a few hundred yards . After that there was a lull and I thought ...
... looked frightened . I wondered vaguely whether it is more comfortable to be hit on an empty or a slightly filled stomach . Then the shelling moved off a bit , perhaps a few hundred yards . After that there was a lull and I thought ...
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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