Relief
British troops, behind police armoured cars, took four lorry-loads of supplies into the Old City of Jerusalem, where Arabs are besieging 1000 Jews, says the Jerusalem correspondent of the Associated Press. An Army spokesman said the Arabs agreed to the passage of the convoy, on condition that only British troops maimed it. Earlier, Chief Rabbi Harzog pleaded with the British Army “in the name of God” to break the Arab blockade and permit food to be delivered to the besieged Jews. Arab guns manning the roadblocks had virtually imprisoned the Jews for a fortnight. Jewish sources claimed that their compatriots were “in danger of starvation. ’
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Northern Advocate, 10 January 1948, Page 3
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