Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 79
... walked close to the houses , taking shelter when the bullets came close . Suddenly a bullet hit a Jewish constable walking on the pavement about 20 yards ahead . He fell forward like a log . If he uttered any sound , I didn't hear it ...
... walked close to the houses , taking shelter when the bullets came close . Suddenly a bullet hit a Jewish constable walking on the pavement about 20 yards ahead . He fell forward like a log . If he uttered any sound , I didn't hear it ...
Page 98
... Walked over this afternoon to see the new landing field in the wadi , now our solitary channel of communication with the rest of the country . Because of its urgency , the Chief Rabbi sanctioned labour on the Sabbath , provided the ...
... Walked over this afternoon to see the new landing field in the wadi , now our solitary channel of communication with the rest of the country . Because of its urgency , the Chief Rabbi sanctioned labour on the Sabbath , provided the ...
Page 254
... remarked . A woman sat quietly in the bus , her lips moving hardly perceptibly . The buses moved off abruptly . Ruth and I , sad and quiet , walked back through Ben Yehuda Street . WE ARE GOING TO - NIGHT to Tel - Aviv 26 June ...
... remarked . A woman sat quietly in the bus , her lips moving hardly perceptibly . The buses moved off abruptly . Ruth and I , sad and quiet , walked back through Ben Yehuda Street . WE ARE GOING TO - NIGHT to Tel - Aviv 26 June ...
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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