Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...always, with Americans and their children in their Sunday best. The tall, 68-year-old pastor took his text from Matthew 2:1: "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem . . ." The minister laid down his Testament, and began his sermon...
...Testament called Bethlehem small compared with other towns; but it had a notable history, even before his prophecy that from it would come 'The Shepherd of Israel' . . . The wise men of Matthew's account may have been reluctant to leave the capital city, Jerusalem, at the direction of the scribes, and journey eight miles further to this modest village. But though they left Herod and his palace behind them, they went on and found indeed the genuine Prince of the House of David...
...foreseen, Israel bitterly defied the U.N. action. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharrett announced that his government would never give up Jerusalem: "To the Jewish people [Jerusalem] has been and is the very heart-the symbol of its past glory, the lodestar in its wanderings . . ." Jerusalem's Israeli Mayor Daniel Auster warned: "We shall stand at the city's gates to keep out any pretenders." A spokesman in Tel Aviv threatened passive resistance: "I don't know if a U.N. governor will find a house to work in. If he does and sets about establishing public services...
...south in Bethlehem, Christmastide promises to be sad and bitter. The village where Christ was born is jammed with Arab refugees; 55,000 hungry, homeless, hopeless outcasts of war live in an area that normally supports 12,000. The one good road (10 minutes by motorcar) to Jerusalem is in Israeli hands; the only other road is hardly more than a tortuous trail through the desolate Judean hills...
...Israell statesman declared today in San Francisco that the United Nations' plan to internationalize Jerusalem is "foredoomed to futility." "Jerusalem," said Eliahu Elath, Israeli ambassador to the United States, "is an integral part of Israel and cannot be severed, neutralized, or separated in any way from the state...