“A Jewish convoy was out from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. One of the passengers was Joshua Globerman, a leading member of the Haganah. On the road the convoy was halted by a British patrol and searched for arms. When the convoy proceeded on its way, Globerman was shot through the head by two Arabs who attacked […]
Dr. Hussein Khalidi, Acting Chairman of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee: “The Arabs will wage a holy war if an attempt is made to enforce the partition plan.” Any attempt to carry out partition”‘may lead to tragedy, may even be a spark that will lead to another world disaster.” If the United States sends troops […]
“The police report of the incident said that soon after noon an armored car on patrol on the Jerusalem Tel Aviv road was fired on near the village of Salama, two miles outside Tel Aviv. The patrol fired into the air, but when a bomb was thrown at the car it went into action… Today’s […]
“… In pursuance of this policy the government (e.g. the Mandatory) continued for several days not only to withhold protection from travelers on the roads but to penalize those who took measures in their defense. On December 4, a car taking Air France passengers from Tel-Aviv to Lydda was attacked near the Arab village of […]
“Arabs attacked Jewish bus convoys at Ramleh, an Arab town on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road, despite an escort of armored cars making the road almost impassable… At Ramleh, which is on the road to Lydda airport, first rocks were heaved against the convoy comprising passenger cars of the French, Norwegian and Trans World Airlines. The […]
Fifteen thousand Egyptians protested the partition plan in for Palestine, in the streets of Cairo on December 4, 1947. As unrest throughout the Arab world continued and the Arab League opened a recruiting office for young, armed Arab men to join forces and fight in Palestine, demonstrators in Iraq attacked the United States Information Service […]
Some 120-150 armed Arabs attacked Kibbutz Efal, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, in the first large-scale attempt to storm a Jewish village. Source: 49
“A senior Government Official informed the Jewish Agency that police escort could not be provided for inter-urban convoys since ‘that might be interpreted as British implementation of partition.’ The suggestion and no attention was paid to the precedents for the imposition of several days’ curfew on urban areas such as Tel-Aviv, ten times the size […]
A survey of Morris’ (e.g. Benny) prominent study The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited reveals in more detail the climate of violence Jews faced in Palestine: “… the Palestinian Arab leaders, headed by the exiled AHC (e.g. Arab Higher Committee) chief, (e.g. The Grand Mufti) Husseini, rejected partition and launched a three-day general […]
