I need to look a bit of that up to fully understand it, but I get the general idea.
History fascinates me. Especially moderately recent history, and 1948 is recent, history-wise.
Seems like you’re saying the left was trying to sabotage Israel early on. The Israeli left?
Hagana/Ben Gurion ..Not sure what that is/was.
Didn’t know there was an arab war right away, or was it just a “conflict”?
Irgun/Begin? Not sure what that is/was.
Who occupied the Old City for 19 years, and what was the old city?
If this is too much, I understand and I will go look it up.
Mt. of Olives ground up for driveway gravel?
What is the Jewish Quarter? Ad it was used as a garbage dump? Literally or arab wastes of life?
thanks
Old City of Jerusalem, where the Wall, David’s Tomb, Church of Sepulchre, Via de la Rosa, Temple Mount all are, including the Jewish Quarter, bombarded into surrendering by the Arab League in ‘48, and made Judenrein, and then used as a garbage dump for 19 years. Mt. of Olives tombstones ground up for gravel, made into privvies for workers building the International Hotel while under Jordanian occupation until 1967. Ben Gurion was the first Prime Minister and leader of the Hagana, and far left wing Labour Zionist. Menachem Begin was the leader of the Hagana and epic-ally heroic rebel against the British, and right wing Revisionist Zionist. Left was trying to win the war for dominance after the victory over the Arabs that had not yet happened, while the Right was focused on the victory, and unconcerned with the post-war Israel and who would run it, so long as it came to be.