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[[File:Mep_ethnic.png|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false Jews fleeing a bombing in Ben Yehudah Street, Feb 22, 1942]]].

[[File:Mep_ethnic.png|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false Jews fleeing a bombing in Ben Yehudah Street, Feb 22, 1942]]].

The was a cruel ethnic cleansing by the armed Arabs of the pious Jews in Jerusalem. The Jews of the old city, the dwelling of their families in Jerusalem going back for generations, were given one hour to pack.<ref> Richard Pollock, "[https://www.jns.org/opinion/a-will-to-survive-recalls-arab-ethnic-cleansing-of-jerusalems-jews A Will to Survive’ recalls Arab ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem’s Jews]", JNS, August 12, 2021.

The was a cruel ethnic cleansing by the armed Arabs of the pious Jews in Jerusalem. The Jews of the old city, the dwelling of their families in Jerusalem going back for generations, were given one hour to pack.<ref>Richard Pollock, "[https://www.jns.org/opinion/a-will-to-survive-recalls-arab-ethnic-cleansing-of-jerusalems-jews A Will to Survive’ recalls Arab ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem’s Jews]", JNS, August 12, 2021.

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A “Life” magazine photojournalist rekindles the 1948 Arab destruction of the city’s Jewish Quarter, along with the eviction of its residents.

A “Life” magazine photojournalist rekindles the 1948 Arab destruction of the city’s Jewish Quarter, along with the eviction of its residents.

Not only is it a dramatic firsthand account of the fall of the Jewish Quarter in 1948, but it documents the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.</blockquote></ref>

Not only is it a dramatic firsthand account of the fall of the Jewish Quarter in 1948, but it documents the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.</blockquote></ref>

The [[Jordan]]ian commander, Abdullah el-Tal, boasted to his superiors:  

The [[Jordan]]ian commander, Abdullah el-Tal, boasted to his superiors:<ref>Hadoar, Vol. 81. Iss. 19. ha-Doʻar Association, 2002. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LgfzAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%9C%D7%90+%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8%22 p. 10].</ref><ref>Alan Balfour, "The Walls of Jerusalem: Preserving the Past, Controlling the Future," (John Wiley & Sons, 2019), [https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 p. 142].</ref><ref>Benjamin Pogrund, "Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel," (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KOgLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 p. 257].</ref>

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"For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here impossible."</blockquote><ref>Hadoar, Vol. 81. Iss. 19. ha-Doʻar Association, 2002. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LgfzAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%9C%D7%90+%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8%22 p. 10].</ref><ref>Alan Balfour, "The Walls of Jerusalem: Preserving the Past, Controlling the Future," (John Wiley & Sons, 2019), [https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 p. 142].</ref><ref>Benjamin Pogrund, "Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel," (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KOgLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 p. 257].</ref>

"For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here impossible."</blockquote>

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Tucker, Spencer C., ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict  A Political, Social, and Military History'' (4 vol. 2008)

* Tucker, Spencer C., ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict  A Political, Social, and Military History'' (4 vol. 2008)

[[Category:Israeli Wars]]

[[Category:Israeli Wars]]