BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM
Jul 08, 2021
2 minutes
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ears before the 1948 war, gunfire and terrorist bombings made life nearly unbearable in Jerusalem. The situation was worsened by British efforts at halting Jewish immigration to Palestine and the unrest this triggered between Arabs and Jews. In 1946 the Zionists blew up the east wing of the King David Hotel as retribution for British police tactics. The ensuing civil war meant Haganah and its extremist
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