Sunday 20 January 2019

Where The Line Is Drawn VIII

5 The Sea: Akka, 1971
"On 18 May 1948 Akka fell to Israeli forces...
"Mary and her family were forced out of their home and, along with the remaining Palestinians, were confined in a small section of the Old City that they could leave only with the permission of the occupying Israeli forces. There they heard about a massacre of some seventy Palestinians. Many now regretted their decision to stay..." (p. 82)

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