Arab Legionaries behind sandbag barricades.
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ill.71)
The Arab victor of 1948 King Abdullah of
Jordan waves to crowds in Jerusalem, but he paid with his life.
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ill.72a)
His assassin lies dead in al-Aqsa Mosque.
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ill.72b)
Abdullah’s grandson King Hussein of Jordan
prepares for war in 1967: he reluctantly and disastrously placed
his forces under Egyptian command. (illustration credit
ill.72c)
Israeli government in crisis: Israeli Chief of
Staff Yitzhak Rabin (left) collapsed under the pressure
and had to be sedated; Moshe Dayan (right), brought in as
Defence Minister, seen here with Rabin at a cabinet meeting as the
crisis intensifies in 1967. Dayan thrice warned Hussein not to
attack but held back until Syria and Egypt were defeated.
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ill.73a)
Israeli paratroopers and tanks advance towards
Lions’ Gate. (illustration credit
ill.73b)
Clockwise from top right: Minutes
after its capture in June 1967, Israeli soldiers pray at the
Western Wall; the sheikh of the Haram al-Sharif watches from the
Maghrebi Gate; behind him, Israeli jeeps cross the Haram and arrive
in front of the Dome before celebrating the reunification of
Jerusalem. (illustration credit
ill.74)