Word: khamsin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...khamsin is a baleful wind that flares out of the deserts, drying out the land and the people until the flesh fairly crackles. Under Ottoman Empire law, murder was held more pardonable if committed while the khamsin was blowing. Last week, as Jerusalem suffered under the worst khamsin since 1893, tempers and guns blazed along Israel's borders. In the thick of it were U.N. observers, who, without arms, are instructed to keep the peace...
Celebrating its third anniversary, Israel showed off its tough little army last week. Through Jerusalem, scorched by a fierce sun and blistering Khamsin (desert wind) which prostrated dozens of marchers, rumbled Sherman tanks, armored cars and heavy artillery, in a brief violation of the 1949 armistice agreement demilitarizing the Holy City...