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@Vrouwe @55thparallel During the Israeli War of Independence in 1948, Tel Or was the only Jewish village in jordan at the time. Tel Or was designated for residence of the permanent employees of the power plant and their families, aiming to create an agricultural village at the Eastern border of🇮🇱(pt1)
@Vrouwe @55thparallel Employees of the power station farmed 1000s of dunams of land&sold some of the produce at a company workers’ supermarket in Haifa. Due 2 its relative isolation the village included a clinic, a kindergarten and school, established by Yosef Hanani for children of employees. (Pt2)
@Vrouwe @55thparallel An Iraqi brigade invaded at on May 15, 1948, in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Gesher kibbutz& fort. The power plant was occupied&looted by Iraqis. After the Tel Or village& power plant were overran by the Arab forces they were destroyed. (Pt3)
@Vrouwe @55thparallel Today the power plant& destroyed village of Tel Or r located on Jordanian side of the Israel-Jordan border.
After expulsion of the residents of Tel Or, combined w expulsion of the Jewish residents of the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem... (pt4)
After expulsion of the residents of Tel Or, combined w expulsion of the Jewish residents of the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem... (pt4)
@Vrouwe @55thparallel an Arab commander remarked,
"For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return hr impossible." (Pt5 end)
"For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return hr impossible." (Pt5 end)
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