Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 101
... plane dropped explosives , but made little mark on it . That seems to put an end to food convoys for the present . To show they are still preserving law and order , British police to - day raided a small Haganah post near Princess Mary ...
... plane dropped explosives , but made little mark on it . That seems to put an end to food convoys for the present . To show they are still preserving law and order , British police to - day raided a small Haganah post near Princess Mary ...
Page 182
... planes . Everyone was certain they were Arab . From where have we planes , except the little " primuses " ? A cold feeling crawled up my back . I know there isn't a single anti - aircraft gun in the city . I tried to shake the noise of ...
... planes . Everyone was certain they were Arab . From where have we planes , except the little " primuses " ? A cold feeling crawled up my back . I know there isn't a single anti - aircraft gun in the city . I tried to shake the noise of ...
Page 281
... plane flying round and round in the sky . " Must be ours , " I said . But the way in which it just circled steadily , like a dentist's drill spinning round in your tooth , gave us the creeps . Then the siren cleared its throat , but its ...
... plane flying round and round in the sky . " Must be ours , " I said . But the way in which it just circled steadily , like a dentist's drill spinning round in your tooth , gave us the creeps . Then the siren cleared its throat , but its ...
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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