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... rule dependent on force , but rather on the power of prestige . They know that " you can do anything with bayonets except sit on them " . It is much better to sit in their shadow . Consequently , when the British administrators are ...
... rule dependent on force , but rather on the power of prestige . They know that " you can do anything with bayonets except sit on them " . It is much better to sit in their shadow . Consequently , when the British administrators are ...
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... British rule , the Government wrote : " 84,000 troops who received no co - operation from the Jewish community , had proved insufficient to maintain law and order in the face of a campaign of terrorism waged by highly organised Jewish ...
... British rule , the Government wrote : " 84,000 troops who received no co - operation from the Jewish community , had proved insufficient to maintain law and order in the face of a campaign of terrorism waged by highly organised Jewish ...
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... British rule and the evacuation of the Occupation Army - was on the point of being attained . But precisely at that moment the British forces were throwing off restraint . Attacks were not infrequent . We retaliated — as_we retaliated ...
... British rule and the evacuation of the Occupation Army - was on the point of being attained . But precisely at that moment the British forces were throwing off restraint . Attacks were not infrequent . We retaliated — as_we retaliated ...
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THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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