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Source: http://www.cmj-israel.org/Portals/0/docs/userdocs/May1948DiaryChristChurchJerusalem.pdf
War Diary: An Eyewitness Account of the 1948 Battle for Jerusalem
(Times of Israel) Matti Friedman - In the days and weeks surrounding the declaration of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, Jews and Arabs were battling for control of Jerusalem. British missionary Rev. Hugh Jones of Christ Church, in the Old City, wrote a remarkable journal of those days that was rediscovered two years ago in the church archive.