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Word: lydda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Typically, several Arabs, choosing a moment when guards of the Christian Lydda Airport had relaxed their patrol and were resting in a watchman's hut, set fires which caused airport buildings and equipment to burn last week for a loss of $100,000. Next, the police station at Daharieh, between Hebron and Beersheba, was overwhelmed by Arabs who made off with the Christian policemen's arms, shouting: "Tell your English bosses to go drink whiskey and play football! They should not think they can fight us. We will drive them out of Palestine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Go Drink Whiskey! | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

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