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...Palestine last week. The hit-&-run raids, the bombings and the skirmishes were giving way to something bigger. Now there were pitched battles, between thousands of men in organized bands, for definite objectives. A prime objective for both Arabs and Jews: control of Jerusalem...
Ever since U.N. voted partition, Arabs have been tightening their grip on the lifeline of Jerusalem's 100,000 Jews-the road to Tel Aviv, which twists from the city through the rocky Judean hills to the coastal plain. The city's Jewish population, which used to buy 80 to 90% of its food from neighboring Arabs, now depends on food convoys from the Jewish settlements along the coast. One strongpoint on that road is the village of Kastel, a cluster of dirty stone huts, one big house and a mosque. Jewish Haganah fighters, after seizing it, held...
Death at Dawn. Leading the Arabs was Abdul Kader Husseini, cousin of the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el Husseini, and a rival of Fawzi Bey Kawukji (TIME, March 15) for command of all Arab forces in Palestine. More like a rash corporal than an army commander, Abdul Kader charged up the rocky slopes at the head of his men. Behind him the sky paled, silhouetting his stocky figure. Haganah Bren guns riveted bullets in a straight line across his body. Abdul Kader fell dead. As news of the battle reached Jerusalem, Arab reinforcements streamed out to Kastel...
Perilous Bend. Jews were grim about Kastel. Said one: "We have to attack it again. This is our Battle of the Atlantic." They had managed to run a convoy of 40 food trucks through to Jerusalem by another road, the first supplies in twelve days. In a new push, Haganah fighters retook Kastel. But Fawzi Bey Kawukji, commanding the Arabs in the north, sent artillery and armored cars to support the Jerusalem Arabs. By week's end, Arabs claimed that they again held the village...
Americans Are Faster. Neither in Jerusalem, nor London, nor Washington nor Lake Success was there any sign last week of solid planning toward a set-up in Palestine that would prevent...