Jerusalem. The Biography

Palestine: Morris,
1948
24–5. McCullough,
Truman
415, 595–620. Truman, put an underdog on top: Gilbert,
Churchill and the Jews
266. Anti-Jewish comments by British officials: Efraim Karsh,
Palestine Betrayed
quoting Cunningham 75. Katy Antonius and Barker: Segev,
Palestine
480, 499; also Katy Antonius obituary,
The Times
8 December 1984; author interview with N. Nashashibi: Bird 16–18 and 37–43. Churchill on anti-Semitism among British officials: Gilbert C
hurchill, and the Jews
190; Irgun vilest gangsters 270. British security forces: Andrew,
Defence of the Realm
352–66; Keith Jefferey,
MI6
689–97.
25 1947–May 1948, Deir Yassin and Abd al-Kadir Husseini: Rogan 251–62. Wasserstein 133–424; Nigel Clive quote on clapping children, 150. Abd al-Kadir Husseini, character: Hadi,
Palestinian Personalities
.
Ben-Gurion: Oz,
Tale
424. Dayan 48–74. Yitzhak Rabin,
The Rabin Memoirs
(henceforth Rabin): childhood 1–10; battle for Jerusalem 16–27. Krämer 310–12. Gilbert,
JTC
186–271. Nusseibeh,
Country
38–56, including appeal to Abdullah; heroic Abd al-Kadir Husseini 52–4; fighting after UN vote 43; father shot 56.Fighting at Montefiore between Jews, Arab and British: during the Montefiore battle, 10 February 1948: Avraham-Michael Kirshenbaum was killed by British sniper at Montefiore Battle. Nusseibeh,
Jerusalemites
64–5. End of Mandate: Wasif 2.603–5. Abd el-Kadir Husseini: Wasif 2.601–2. Budeiri, ‘Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold’,
JQ
3, Winter/Spring 2001. Abdullah: Shlaim,
Lion of Jordan
20–49. On Gaza Palestine government: Shlaim,
Israel and Palestine
37–53. Oz,
Tale
318–21; Ben-Gurion diary quoted at 333; UN vote 343. On mufti’s role: Achcar 153–6.
This account of the war is based on Morris,
1948
, including Plan D 121; also on Shindler,
History
; Pappe 336–41; Rogan;
Nakhba
personal account by Wasif. Wasif 2.603–5. War, Abd al-Kadir Husseini and breakdown: Nusseibeh,
Jerusalemites
59–77. Declaration of independence and choice of state names: Shindler,
History
38–42; Ben-Gurion’s views 43–4 and 99–100; war and troop numbers 46. Arab Liberation Army, 5,000 troops maximum: Morris,
1948
: 90; Jerusalem under Abd al-Kadir Husseini 91; civil war 93–132, including Plan D 122; Husseini poem and Kastel, mutilation of bodies at Kastel 121–5; Deir Yassin 126–8; 13 April attack on Hadassah ambulances 128–9; battle for Jerusalem 129–32. Bertha Spafford Vester and intervention in Arab ambush of Hadassah convoy: Bird 11. Abd al-Kadir Husseini, Deir Yassin and revenge and postcards of corpses, Plan D: Rogan 255–61. War 262–9 and the Catastrophe,
Nakhba
, origin of word Achcar 268–9. Katy Antonius mansion and letters found: Segev 480, 499. Bird 16 and 37–43. Battle of Jerusalem: Bar-Zohar,
Ben-Gurion
164–70. Abd al-Kadir Husseini and brother Khaled: Pappe 334–5.
26 Unless stated otherwise, this account of the war is based on Morris,
1948
; Rogan 262–9, Pappe 323–41; and Shindler,
History
45–9. Regular war 1948–9, Abdullah: Abdullah bin Hussein, King of Jordan,
Memoirs
142–203. Shlaim,
Lion of Jordan
20–49. Storrs 135. Luke,
Cities and Men
243 and 248. Abdullah: Lawrence 67–9, 219–21. On Abdullah character: Hussein bin Talal, King Hussein of Jordan,
Uneasy Lies the Head
1–18. Rabin 16–27. John Glubb,
A Soldier with the Arabs
, on Abdullah 50–5, 271–5; the battle 105–31; on Jerusalem 43–4, 213. Abdullah, ‘I want to be the rider’: Karsh,
Palestine Betrayed
96. Burial of Hussein I in Burgoyne,
Mamluk Jerusalem
358. The account of Abdullah and negotiations is based on Avi Shlaim,
The Collusion across the Jordon
, and Benny Morris,
The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews
. Krämer 315–19. Destruction in Jewish Quarter: Elon,
Jerusalem
81.
Assassination: author interview with witness N. Nashashibi. Hussein,
Uneasy Lies the Head
1–9. Glubb,
Soldier with the Arabs
275–9; Shlaim,
Lion of Jordan
398–417. Pappe on assassination, and Musa al-Husseini 313 and 343–5. Nusseibeh,
Country
62–75. Nashashibi 20–1, 215–20. Budeiri, ‘Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold’,
JQ
3, Winter/Spring 2001. Split Jerusalem: Nusseibeh,
Country
59–64; Jordanian city 64–94. Oz,
Tale
369–70. Fall of Jerusalem: Begin 160. King of Jerusalem: Wasserstein 165; nobody takes Jerusalem 169; Nabi Musa 188; lions and zoo 182. Nusseibeh,
Jerusalemites
59–77. Weizmann, Swiss president, Weidenfeld Jerusalem campaign: