Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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... yesterday's food convoy ; 13 others were destroyed . Many of the drivers are middle - aged men , hard - bitten farmers driving their settlements ' produce to town . Max of Ein Geb among them ; told me that he set out from Ein Geb before ...
... yesterday's food convoy ; 13 others were destroyed . Many of the drivers are middle - aged men , hard - bitten farmers driving their settlements ' produce to town . Max of Ein Geb among them ; told me that he set out from Ein Geb before ...
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... Yesterday the Security Council called for a cease - fire , under threat of direct action . From morning , people have been talking of nothing else . . . . A door opening on a golden dream . To - day the Israel Government ordered ...
... Yesterday the Security Council called for a cease - fire , under threat of direct action . From morning , people have been talking of nothing else . . . . A door opening on a golden dream . To - day the Israel Government ordered ...
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... yesterday . Turned off at Saris into the heart of the hills . From an observation post on a hilltop I could see the grove around the Trappist Monastery and the edge of the police fortress at Latrun . To the south was the Valley of ...
... yesterday . Turned off at Saris into the heart of the hills . From an observation post on a hilltop I could see the grove around the Trappist Monastery and the edge of the police fortress at Latrun . To the south was the Valley of ...
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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