#JerusalemDay. #Jordan captured Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter in the 1948 war, expelled all Jews, & denied access to Jews to the Western Wall for 19 years, til 1967 Liberation.
Few know that there were many Jewish POWs taken to Jordan Desert.
Few know that there were many Jewish POWs taken to Jordan Desert.
Why wasn't it known? Maybe because these photos by @AP photographer Daniel De Luce taken in June 4, 1948 were miscaptioned as "Jewish Refugees Illegal."
Pic: Israel Koperlov, 1½ years of age, on the knee of his father, Chaim Koperlov awaiting sunset check by Legion guards.
Pic: Israel Koperlov, 1½ years of age, on the knee of his father, Chaim Koperlov awaiting sunset check by Legion guards.
More "Jewish Refugees Illegal" pictures. The first with an incredulous caption: "Legion guards with two orthodox Jews who preferred imprisonment in Trans-Jordan to going into Jewish-held area of Jerusalem, which is also still a battle zone on June 4, 1948."
.@FranatAFI the Jewish POWs were eventually swapped, but here's a series of photos I discovered.
