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1948 Arab-Israeli War (view source)
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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:<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>
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].
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An estimated 2000 Jews remained in the old city during the conflict and every man woman and child who had lived in peace with their Arab neighbors for centuries were driven out into the new Israel. (At the end of the conflict more than 10 000 Jews had been forced to evacuate from Arab held areas.. Col. el-Tell... he is quoted as saying the systematic demolition inflicted merciless terror in the hearts of the Jews, killing both fighters and civilians... 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><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>
"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>