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...scene was not prewar Germany, but Jerusalem last week; the colonel no 55 trooper, but one Richard H. L. Webb, commander of the ist Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The detained correspondents included the New York Post's George L. Cassidy, who said Lieut. Colonel Webb explained that Britain's military policy in Palestine is to have her troops "make such a nuisance of themselves [that] the bloody Jews will cease protecting the Stern gang and other terrorists." Colonel Webb added: "I don't care if I'm out of the Army tomorrow...
...Jesus himself. He told the woman of Samaria, "Salvation comes from the Jews"; when all Israel had repented and turned again to strict Judaism, then according to the prophecy in Zachariah, which he plainly conceived himself to be fulfilling', the Gentiles too would be proselytized and flock to Jerusalem to worship. Yes, certainly, the disciples went into all the world to preach the Gospel: but to their fellow Jews, scattered in every country from Portugal to India: for Jesus had roundly condemned the practice of actively proselytizing the Gentiles. instead of concentrating on the Israelite mission field...
News item: JERUSALEM, Oct. 7--"Operation Land," long and carefully planned by Jewish groups in Palestine as the next phase of Jewish resistance to the British policy of restricting Jewish immigration and land acquisition, was carried out successfully last night, when more than 1,000 Jewish settlers, including 300 girls, arrived in 200 trucks in the Negev, the southern desort part of Palestine, and established twelve settlements in the strategic district which the British had reserved for themselves under the "federalization plan...
...agricultural settlement. Contrast is your next door neighbor in Palestine: the winding and tortuous lanes that are the streets of Jericho and Beersheba; the broad landscaped boulevards of Tel Aviv; the picturesque and "perfumed" Arab Markets in the "Old City"; the Hospital and Hebrew University that overlook the New Jerusalem; an orange grove pushing back the desert; an Arab fellah hurrying his sheep to the side of the road to let a convey of British tanks...
This curious mixture of old and now is curiously resolved in Jerusalem. An ancient city, it has aura of repose and settled dignity. Built entirely of a time defying, beige and yellow tinted stone, the newest buildings seem as old as the oldest, and the most ancient houses, no older than the now. And when the city is seen from the heights of Mount Scopus, sleeping under the brilliant summer sun, the vision is breathtaking...