For 200 days - termed the 200 days of dread,<ref>[https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/200_days_of_dread 200 Days of Dread]</ref> the Jews in Israel/Palestine were living in total fear. And Jewish organization in the US (chairman of the executive board of the Committee for a Jewish Army) urged to let 200,000 Palestine Jews be armed as they are ready-to-wear fight.<ref name=pp24june1942/><ref>[https://www.jta.org/archive/senators-mead-murray-stress-need-for-jewish-army-in-middle-east Senators Mead, Murray Stress Need for Jewish Army in Middle East], ''JTA'', May 4, 1942</ref> | For 200 days - termed the 200 days of dread,<ref>[https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/200_days_of_dread 200 Days of Dread]</ref> the Jews in Israel/Palestine were living in total fear. And Jewish organization in the US (chairman of the executive board of the Committee for a Jewish Army) urged to let 200,000 Palestine Jews be armed as they are ready-to-wear fight.<ref name=pp24june1942/><ref>[https://www.jta.org/archive/senators-mead-murray-stress-need-for-jewish-army-in-middle-east Senators Mead, Murray Stress Need for Jewish Army in Middle East], ''JTA'', May 4, 1942</ref> |