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Page 88
... Wall . And there they decreed " Jews are forbidden to blow the Shofar at the Wailing Wall . " The British , famous for their observance of law , enforced this prohibition religiously . And if the law they decreed said that the very ...
... Wall . And there they decreed " Jews are forbidden to blow the Shofar at the Wailing Wall . " The British , famous for their observance of law , enforced this prohibition religiously . And if the law they decreed said that the very ...
Page 91
... Wall must be kept a dead secret . The whole value of our warnings lay in letting the enemy believe that if he dared come near the Wall he would be fired on from every direction and suffer heavy casualties . We were therefore com- pelled ...
... Wall must be kept a dead secret . The whole value of our warnings lay in letting the enemy believe that if he dared come near the Wall he would be fired on from every direction and suffer heavy casualties . We were therefore com- pelled ...
Page 278
... walls of rock , which had remained unbreached through the centuries , submitted finally to the assault of Shim- shon's unit . The assault group approached the southern wall , their advance covered by strategically placed posts . There ...
... walls of rock , which had remained unbreached through the centuries , submitted finally to the assault of Shim- shon's unit . The assault group approached the southern wall , their advance covered by strategically placed posts . There ...
Contents
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
IV WE FIGHT THEREFORE WE ARE | 26 |
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