Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While U.N. talked, the Jews were carving Palestine with a sword. In a whirlwind week they seized Haifa, attacked Jaffa, won Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee and tried to cut the Arab supply road into Jerusalem. For the first time since the Romans leveled Jerusalem 1,800 years ago, a Jewish army ate Passover matzoth and bitter herbs around campfires in the field. Said Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion: "We stand on the eve of the Jewish State . . . heartened by the victories of our army . . . We have just begun to buckle on the sword...
...Jews succeeded in building up a solid coastal fortress, they would then have to make a major strategic decision. Should they lash out at the main center of Arab strength in the hills north of Jerusalem, trying to destroy the Arab armies (which could be steadily reinforced from neighboring Arab states)? Or should the Jews take up a defensive posture on the coast and in Jerusalem, facing endless guerrilla attacks? The Jews' better organization, discipline and tactics had paid off in the early days of the battle for Palestine. But in the long run they knew they could hold...
...What Are We Here For?" The U.N. General Assembly, meeting at Flushing Meadows last week to wrestle a third time with the Palestine problem, seemed as paralyzed as its bewildered representatives in Jerusalem. Uruguay's Delegate Dr. Enrique Rodriguez Fabregat asked irritably of his gloomy fellow delegates: "What are we here for?" By week's end there had been no answer from U.S. Delegate Warren Austin, to whom the assembly looked for a new plan to replace partition. Behind the scenes, however, the U.S. was trying to work out a temporary U.N. trusteeship. But before any plan could...
...Forget Thee . . ." In the battle for the Jerusalem roads (TIME, April 19), the Jews scored a victory. Guarded by 1,000 Haganah soldiers, a convoy of 300 trucks with 1,000 tons of food managed to reach Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. On one truck was printed a Biblical pledge: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning...
Arabs looked more & more for help from King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan, who had become the man-of-the-hour in the Arab crisis. Last week armored cars of his British-trained Arab Legion supported an Arab attack on Neve Yaakov, a Jewish village three miles from Jerusalem. Said Abdullah: "The Arab Legion is not going to be withdrawn from Palestine...