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Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
55pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Uzi Narkiss, Israeli Defence Force, Commanding General of Central Command 1967, describing events of the siege of Jerusalem during Israel's War of Independence (1948) including the role of the Palmach forces, conditions inside the city; fighting around Kastel, the death Abdul Kadir Husseini, Palestinian Leader 1948; events leading up to the Six Day War (June 1967), including Central Command strategy; involvement of Jordan in the war; Israeli capture of Mount Scopus; triumphal entry of Moshe Dayan, Minister of Defence 1967-1974, and Levi Eshkol into Jerusalem through the Lion Gate, and Israeli troops reaching the Western Wall (Jun 1967). Also discusses Israeli response to Palestinian infiltrators (Fedayeen) from Jordan (1960s), and personality and methods of Moshe Dayan. 55pp