Curriculum Vita

Updated: July 2016

I. Personal

– Born in Israel, 1943. – Married + 4 children (aged: 34, 38, 40, 44). – Lives in Nesher, 9/44 Ha-Teena St. phone no. 972-4-8329291, 972-50-7205196. Email address: [email protected] – Served as a career officer in the IDF 1961–1974, mostly in paratrooper units and Officers Training School, and as commanding officer of a divisional intelligence battalion in the IDF reserves (1977-1988). Lt. Colonel (ret.). – Academic and military assistant to the Agranat State Commission of Inquiry, the Yom Kippur (1973) war, November 1973 — February 1975. – Chairman of the steering committee of Project Renewal in my residential neighbourhood in Jerusalem (voluntary), 1979-1983. – Member of the State Commission of Inquiry into the murder in 1933 of Chayim Arlosoroff, head of the political department of the Jewish Agency (April 1982). Resigned in protest against the government's refusal to appoint another State Commission to investigate the incidents of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut (September 1982). Academic advisor to the IDF's Command and Staff School (1987-1997) - Member of the Board of Israel National Parks and Nature Preservation's Authority 1998-2002 (Acting Chairman, 1998-1999).

II. Academic

– Studied world and Jewish history in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, for all three degrees (B.A. – 1967–8; M.A. – 1972–4; [both Summa cum Laude] Ph.D. – 1975–7). – Instructor in the department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University, Beer- Sheba (1975-1977). – Coordinator of Yad Vashem's 24 planned volumes project: The Comprehensive History of the Holocaust (1978–1998) and of the project Pinkasei Hakehilot (Jewish communities’ memorial volumes) in the years 1982-1986. – Associate Professor at Haifa University, Department of Land of Israel Studies, 1983–1987. – Full Professor since 1987 – Head of the Strochlitz Institute for research and study of the Holocaust (1985– 1996), and concurrently Head of the Herzl Institute for research and study of Zionism (1987–2010), both institutes of Haifa University.

– Member of the university of Haifa supreme promotions committee, 1995-1997, 2002-2004 – Chair, The Department of Land of Israel Studies, University of Haifa (1999–2001). – Chair, Haifa University’s School of History (2000–2003). – Academic head of the university library, University of Haifa (2009-2010) – Retired from the University of Haifa, September 2010 – Head, Nevzlin Center for Jewish Peoplehood, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, 2010–2016 – Member of Malag (Council of Higher Education) committee for Alon scholarships in the humanities 2010-2015 – Member of Malag committee for the promotion of professors in the colleges – humanities and arts, 2014-2016

Publications Books, Authored

1. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. I: Volunteering and its Role in Zionist Policy 1939-1942, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1979). 2. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. II, The Struggle for a Jewish Army, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1981). 3. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. III. The Standard Bearers — The Mission of the Volunteers to the Jewish People, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1983). 4. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. IV, Jewish Volunteers in British Units, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1984). 5. The Emergence of a Jewish Army — The Veterans of the British Army in the IDF (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1986); 6. Why the Palmach Was Disbanded? — The Jewish Military Force in the Transition from a Yishuv to a State 1947-1949 (Hebrew, Schocken, Tel- Aviv 1986); 7. With W. Goldstern: Emigration deutsch-sprachiger Ingenieure nach Palaestina 1933-1945 (VDI Verlag, Duesseldorf, 1988). 8. Massada — The Defense of Palestine in the Second World War (Hebrew, Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat-Gan, 1990). 9. A New Homeland - The Immigration from Central Europe and its Absorption in Eretz Israel 1933-1948 (Hebrew, Leo Baeck Institute and Yad Izhak Ben- Zvi, Jerusalem 1990). 10. The History of Israeli Intelligence, Part I: Growing a Fleur-de-Lis: The Intelligence Services of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, 1918-1947 (Hebrew, Israel Ministry of Defense Publications), 2 Vols. Tel Aviv 1992. 11. Jewish-Transjordanian Relations, 1921-1948 (English, Frank Cass, London & Portland 1996).

2 12. The History of Israeli Intelligence, Part II: Budding a Fleur-de-Lis: Israeli Intelligence in the War of Independence, 1947-1949 (Hebrew, 2 vols. Israel Ministry of Defense Publications, Tel Aviv 2001). 13. The History of Israeli Intelligence, Part III: 1949–1953, 3 Vols. (Hebrew, Classified edition, an IDF internal publication, 1999-2000). 14. Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton & Portland 2001. * Paperback edition with addenda, 2006. ** French translation, modified, Provinciales, Paris 2013 15. Independence Versus Nakbah: Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab States — 1948, Zmora-Bitan-Kinneret, Hebrew, 2004. 16. Israeli-Jordanian Dialogue, 1948-1953: Cooperation, Conspiracy, or Collusion? Sussex Academic Press, Brighton 2004. 17. History, Memory and Propaganda: the discipline of history at the beginning of the 21st century, 'Am 'Oved, Ofakim series, Hebrew, 2007. 18. Nation and History: Israeli Historiography, Memory and Identity between Zionism and Post-Zionism, Valentine & Mitchell, London 2011. 19. Paratroopers Battalion 890 in the Yom Kippur War 1973, Ma'arachot, Hebrew, Tel Aviv 2015 20. Currently I have completed the first part of my project The Years of Euphoria, Israeli society, politics and military, 1967-1973, titled: The Seed of Calamity (in Hebrew) and submitted it to the publisher. I am completing the second part, The Triangle: Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians and shall submit it to another publisher by the end of September. The project is funded by the ISF (Israeli Science Foundation).

Books, edited

1. A. Cohen, Y. Gelber and S. Wardi (eds.): Comprehending the Holocaust, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt-New York 1988. 2. A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), Dapim — Studies on the Shoah, Peter Lang, New York 1991. 3. A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), The Shoah and the War, Peter Lang, New York 1992.

Articles (not including articles in Hebrew)

1. 'Zionist Policy and the Fate of European Jewry, 1939-1942` in: Yad Vashem Studies, XIII, 1979, pp. 169-210. 2. 'Palestinian Jewish PoWs in German Captivity`, in: Yad Vashem Studies, XIV, 1981, pp. 89-137. 3. 'Zionist Policy and the Fate of European Jewry, 1943-1944` in: Studies in Zionism, 7, Spring 1983, pp. 133-167.

3 4. 'The Negotiations between the Jewish Agency and Transjordan, 1946-1948` in: Studies in Zionism, 11, Spring 1985, pp. 53-84. 5. 'Partners and Adversaries: Jewish Survivors of World War II, the Jewish Agency and Britain`, in: R. Cohen (ed.): Vision and Conflict in the Holy Land, Jerusalem– NewYork 1985, pp. 274-308. 6. 'The Mission of the Jewish Parachutists from Palestine in Europe in World War II`, in: Studies in Zionism, 13, Spring 1986, pp. 51-76. 7. 'The Reaction of the Zionist Movement to the Nazi Rise to Power`, in: Yad Vashem Studies, XVIII, 1987, pp. 41-101. 8. 'The Defense of Palestine in World War II`, in: Studies in Zionism, Vol.8, No.1, Spring 1987, pp. 51-82. 9. 'Deutsche Juden in dem politischen leben des jüdischen Palästina, 1933-1948`, in: Leo Baeck Institute Bulletin, 76, 1987, pp. 51-72. 10. ‘Moral y realismo: Los aliados y el holocausto’, in: Rumbos, 20 (1987), pp. 86- 100. 11. ‘The Origins of Youth Aliya’, in: Studies in Zionism, Vol. 9 no. 2 (1988), pp. 147- 171. 12. ‘La politica sionista y el destino de los judios de Europa’, Rumbos, 21 (1988), pp. 117-148. 13. ‘Moralist and Realist Approaches to the Study of the Allies` Attitude to the Holocaust’, in: A. Cohen, Y. Gelber and S. Wardi (eds.): Comprehending the Holocaust, Frankfurt-New York 1988, pp. 107-123. 14. 'Ben-Gurion and the Establishment of the IDF`, in: The Jerusalem Quarterly, 50, Spring 1989, pp. 56-80. 15. ‘The Attitude of World Jewry and the Yishuv to the Holocaust in the Mirror of Historiography’, in: The Historiography of the Holocaust Period (the proceedings of Yad Vashem 5th international conference, Jerusalem 1983), Jerusalem 1989, pp. 571-584. 16. ‘The Meeting between the Jewish Soldiers from Eretz Israel and the Surviving Remnant’, in: She`erit Hapletah, 1944-1948 — Rehabilitation and Political Struggle (the proceedings of Yad Vashem 6th international conference, Jerusalem 1985), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 60-79. 17. ‘Central European Jews from Palestine in the British Forces in World War II’, in: Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 1990, pp. 321–332. 18. ‘The Hebrew Press in Palestine on the Annihilation of the Jews of Europe (1941- 1942)’, in: A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), Dapim — Studies on the Shoah, New York 1991, pp. 165-202. 19. ‘Anti-Terror Warfare and its influence on Regular Warfare’, in: Y. Alexander, Y. Ne'eman and E. Tavin (eds.), Future Terrorism Trends, Washington 1991, pp. 55- 65. 20. ‘Ben-Gurion and the Formation of the Israeli Defence Forces, 1947–1948’, in: R. Zweig (ed.), David Ben-Gurion — Politics and Leadership in Israel, London & Jerusalem 1991, pp. 193-215. 21. ‘The Antecedents of the Jewish-Druz Alliance in Palestine, 1930-1947’, in: Middle Eastern Studies, April 1992, pp. 352–373. 22. ‘Some reflections on the Yishuv during the Shoah’, in: A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), The Shoah and the War, New York 1992, pp. 337–355. 23. ‘The Historical Role of the Central European Immigration to Israel’, Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 1993, pp. 323–339.

4 24. ‘The Jewish Agency, Amir Abdullah and the Peel Commission's Partition Plan’, in: The Journal of Israeli History, 15 (1), Spring 1994, pp. 17–51. 25. ‘Jewish–Arab Talks during the War of Independence’, in: The Journal of Israeli History, 15 (3), Autumn 1994, pp. 283–312. 26. ‘Jews and Druze in the War of 1948’, in: Middle Eastern Studies, 31 (2), April 1995, pp. 229–252. 27. ‘The Shaping of the "New Jew" in Eretz Israel’, in: I. Gutman (ed.), Major Changes within the Jewish People in the Wake of the Holocaust (Proceedings of Yad Vashem's 9th International Historical Conference), Jerusalem 1996, pp. 443– 462. 28. ‘The Jewish Brigade in Belgium’, in: D. Michman (ed.), Belgium and the Holocaust, Jerusalem 1998, pp. 477–482. 29. ‘Reuven Shiloach's Contribution to the development of Israeli Intelligence’, in: H. Carmel (ed.), One Man's Mossad, Frank Cass, London 1999, pp. 16-29. 30. ‘Die Geschichtsschreibung des Zionismus: Von Apologetik zu Verleugnung’, in: B. Schäfer (Hg.), Historiker-Streit in Israel — Die “neuen” Historiker zwischen Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit, Campus, Frankfurt/New York 2000, ss. 15–44. 31. ‘The Historical Background’ in: J. Ginath and E.J. Perkins (eds.), The Palestiniann Refugees: Old Problems — New Solutions, Brighton & Portland 2001, pp. 17-33. 32. ‘The Status of Zionist and Israeli History in Israeli Universities’ in: The Journal of Israeli History, 20/2-3 (Autumn 2001), pp. 121-154. Also in: Anita Shapira and Derek J. Penslar (eds.), Israeli Historical Revisionism — From Left to Right, London & Portland 2002, pp. 121-154. 33. Transforming Israeli Society, in Shlomo Sharan (ed.), Israel and the Post- Zionists: A Nation at Risk, Brighton and Portland 2003, pp. 12-25. 34. L’état de l’historiographie en Israël, dans: Tuvia Friling (ed.) Critique du post-sionisme: Réponse aux "nouveaxu historiens" Israéliens, In Press, Paris 2004, pp. 135-206. 35. The Israeli–Arab War of 1948: History vs. Narratives, in: Mordechai Bar-On (ed.), A Never-ending Conflict: A Guide to Israeli Military History, Praeger, Westport 2004, pp. 43-68. 36. 'Deutsch-Jüdische Identität in der "Heimstätte" — Deutsche Zionisten in Palästina zwischen Distanz, Eigensinn und Integration', in Christian Wiese (red.), Janusfiguren, Berlin 2006. 37. The History of Zionist Historiography: From Apologetics to Denial, in Benny Morris (ed.) Making Israel, University of Michigan Press, Ann Harbor 2007, pp. 47-80. 38. The New Post-Zionist Historians, the AJC, New York 2008, 58p. 39. Shaping Israel's Policy toward Its Arab Minority, 1947-1950, Israeli Affairs, January 2013, pp. 1-31. 40. The collapse of the Israeli Intelligence’s Conception: Apologetics, Memory and History of the Israeli Response to Egypt's Alleged Intention to open War in May 1973, Intelligence and National Security, 27 (3), July 2012, pp. 1-27. 41. Memory, Historiography and Comprehension: the Zionist Movement, Israel and the Impact of the Holocaust, in Holocaust and Antisemitism: Prof. Dina Porat's Festschrift, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem 2015, pp. 125-142

5 Articles in Hebrew

(With no equivalent in other languages)

1. המדיניות הציונית והסכם ההעברה, 1933–1935, ילקוט מורשת, י"ז (1973), עמ' 97–152 וי"ח (1974), עמ' 23–100. 2. האספקטים הפוליטיים להקמת הכוח הלוחם ביישוב הארצישראלי בתקופת מלחמת- העולם השנייה, ילקוט מורשת, כ"ב (1976), עמ' 31–62. 3. התגבשות רעיון ההתנדבות לצבא הבריטי בארץ-ישראל ערב מלחמת-העולם השנייה, בתוך: קתדרה, 3 (1977), עמ' 40–72. 4. צבא סדיר מול מחתרת – הקמת הכוח הצבאי של היישוב היהודי במלחמת-העולם השנייה, בתוך: קתדרה, 13 (1979), עמ' 143–169. 5. המדיניות הבריטית והציונית בארץ-ישראל בצל החשש מהתקוממות יהודית, 1942– 1944, בתוך: הציונות, ז (1981), עמ' 324–396. 6. המשלחת בקושטא במוקד תגובת היישוב לשואה, בתוך: דפים לחקר תקופת השואה, מאסף ה (1987), עמ' 265–276. 7. בן-גוריון והקמת צה"ל, ההרצאה השנתית לזכר שמעון סירקין, מס' 3, הוצאת מרכז יפה למחקרים אסטרטגיים, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב 1987, עמ' 3–19. 8. תגובת ההנהגה הציונית על חוקי נירנברג, בתוך: דפים לחקר תקופת השואה, מאסף ו (1988), עמ' 49–79. 9. תיעוד בעל-פה כמקור היסטורי, בתוך: דפים לחקר תקופת השואה, מאסף ז (1989), עמ' 165–171. 10. בן-גוריון והקמת האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים והאקדמיה ללשון העברית, בתוך: דוד בן-גוריון והתפתחות המדע בישראל, יום עיון במלאות מאה שנה להולדת דוד בן-גוריון, בהוצאת האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים, ירושלים תשמ"ט, עמ' 66– .83 11. הכוח הצבאי בתקופת המעבר מיישוב למדינה, בתוך: ו' פילובסקי (עורכת), המעבר מיישוב למדינה, 1947–1949: רציפות ותמורות, חיפה 1990, עמ' 237–258. 12. המודיעין והערכתו ערב מלחמת העצמאות, בקובץ: עיונים בתקומת ישראל, 1 (1991), עמ' 61–102. 13. ראשיתה של הברית היהודית–דרוזית (1930–1948), בתוך: קתדרה, 60 (1991), עמ' .181–141 14. פעולות המחלקה המדינית של הסוכנות במצרים, 1944–1948, בתוך: קתדרה, 66, אפריל 1993. 15. פלישת צבאות ערב ב15- במאי 1948, בקובץ: עיונים בתקומת ישראל, 3 (1993), עמ' .74–23 16. התגבשות היישוב היהודי בארץ-ישראל, 1936–1947, בתוך: מ' ליסק (עורך ראשי), תולדות היישוב היהודי בארץ-ישראל מאז העלייה הראשונה: תקופת המנדט הבריטי, חלק שני, ירושלים 1995, עמ' 463-303. 17. ההיסטוריוגרפיה הציונית – מאפולוגטיקה להתכחשות בתוך: י' וייץ (עורך), ההיסטוריוגרפיה הציונית בין חזון לרוויזיה, מרכז שז"ר, ירושלים 1997, עמ' 67–87. 18. מ"כושר הקליטה הכלכלי" ל"חוק השבות" – מדיניות העלייה הציונית בתקופת המנדט, בתוך: ד' הכהן (עורכת), קיבוץ גלויות: עלייה לארץ-ישראל – מיתוס ומציאות, מרכז שז"ר, ירושלים 1998, עמ' 249–282. 19. יולנד הרמר והפעילות הציונית במצרים בשנות הארבעים, בתוך: ז' הרוי ואחרים (עורכים), ציון וציונות בקרב יהודי ספרד והמזרח, משגב ירושלים, ירושלים תשס"ב, עמ' 459–466. 20. מגמות בהתפתחות כוחו הצבאי של היישוב בתקופת המנדט, בתוך: מ' ליסק (עורך ראשי), תולדות היישוב היהודי בארץ-ישראל מאז העלייה הראשונה: תקופת המנדט

6 הבריטי, חלק שלישי, האקדמיה הישראלית למדעים ומוסד ביאליק, ירושלים 2007, עמ' 593–646. 21. התפתחויות בחקר מלחמת העצמאות, בתוך: מרדכי בר און ומאיר חזן (עורכים), פוליטיקה במלחמה, קובץ שלישי בסדרה אזרחים במלחמה, יד בן-צבי, ירושלים 2014, עמ' 11–35. 22. הדרך להחלטה 242 בתוך: עיונים תקומת ישראל (התקבל).

Review Essays and Book Reviews:

On: Benny Morris, The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews, Haaretz Sefarim, December 2002 On: Zaki Shalom, David Ben-Gurion, the State of Israel and the Arab World, 1949- 1956, in Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2003 On: Rashid Khalidi, The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, in: Israel Studies, Summer 2007, pp. 164-170 On: Benny Morris, 1948: The First Israeli-Arab War, Azure, November 2008 and Tchelet, Fall 2008, pp. 121-127 On: Daphna Sharfman, Eli Nachmias, and Johnny Mansour (eds.), The Secret of Coexistence: Jews and Arabs in Haifa during the British Mandate in Palestine, 1920- 1948 (Middle East Forum). On: David Cesarani, Major Farran's Hat: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State, Journal of Israeli History On: Shlomo Zand, When and How the Land of Israel was invented, Haaretz Sefarim, 27 September 2012 On: Gideon Avital, The Yom Kippur War – A Battle over the Collective Memory, Haaretz Sefarim,

Supervision of PhD Dissertations

Completed Dissertations*

1. Ne’ima Barzel, The impact of the Holocaust on the attitude of Israeli society to Germany, 1945-1965 (1991). 2. Moti Golani, The Sinai war of 1956 (1993, later published as a book in Hebrew, English and French) 3. Esther Ashkenazi, Betar movement in Eretz Israel (1994, published later as a book in Hebrew)

* In all the joint supervisions I was the leading supervisor.

7 4. Yigal Eyal, The repression of the Arab revolt by the British army, 1936-1939 (1994, published later as a book in Hebrew under the title “The First Intifada”) 5. Hanan Schwarz (1995, Hebrew University Jerusalem, classified), 6. Shimon Golan, The impact of the Cold War on shaping Israel’s defense doctrine (1996, published as a book in Hebrew, 1997) 7. Naomi Shiloach, The liberal right wing in the Yishuv, 1929-1939 (with Dr. Y. Goldstein, 1997, published as a book in Hebrew, 2003). 8. Nachman Tal, Security considerations in shaping Israel’s policy towards its Arab minority, 1948-1967 (2001, with Prof. Y. Ginat) 9. Ya’acov Tubi, Israel’s policy on the Palestinian refugee problem, 1949-1956 (2002, with Prof. Natan Yanai), published as a book in Hebrew, 2008 10. Dani Asher, How the Egyptains prepared the 1973 war (2002, published as a book in Hebrew, 2003). 11. Shimon Avivi, Israel's policies toward the Druze community, 1948–1967 (with Prof. Y. Ginat), (2003, published as a book in Hebrew in 2007) 12. Arye Cohen, The immigration from Syria and its absorption from 1949 to the present (2003) 13. Chaim Nadel, Israeli military thinking between 1967 and 1973 (2003, was published as a book in 2006) 14. Eldad Harouvi, The CID in Palestine, 1918-1948 (with Prof. S. Aronson), 2003 (published as a book, 2011) 15. Israel Bendor, The development of Israeli society's image of the Arab enemy, 1947-1956 (with Dr. ‘Oz Almog), 2003 16. Lea Teicher, The prison’s role in the Yishuv’s struggle for independence, 2003 17. Shlomo Lezer, Polish-Jewish Relations in Cracow and the Vicinity, 1918-1925 (2004) 18. Yossi Ben-Ari, The role of Israeli intellectuals and orientalists in shaping the intelligence “conception” prior to the 1973 war (with Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor), 2004. 19. Nurit Gilat, The attitude of Israeli society to women’s military service (with Dr. R. Katz), 2005 20. Ruth Kimchi, The Zionist movement in Egypt, 1918-1948, 2005 (published as a book, 2010) 21. Daniella Ran, The history of the Israeli navy, 1949-1956, 2005. 22. Yossi Ahronson, The development of the judicial handling of accidents in the IDF from 1949 to the present (with Prof. Emmanuel Gross), 2008 23. Gil'ad Haskin, Moral and Ethical Considerations in Using Military Power by the Haganah, 1936-1948, 2008 24. Efrayim Even, The Municipality of Jerusalem in the Mandate Period, 2008 (published as a book in Hebrew, 2015) 25. Moshe Elad, Israel’s policies towards the Palestinian leadership, 1967- 1982 (with Prof. Oz Almog), 2011. 26. Itai Nagari, From Wadi Salib to the Black Panthers: The second phase of absorbing the mass immigration of the 1950s (with Prof. Oz Almog, 2014) 27. Gideon Bickel, university of Haifa (with Prof. Yehuda Hayut and Prof. Ezra Sadan), History of Israel's Agricultural Export (2016)

Currently written dissertations under my supervision

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28. Mansur Mu'adi, university of Haifa: The Druz community in the Ottoman and Mandate Period, 1800-1948 (with Prof. Butrus Abu Mane) 29. Shuki Blass, Hebrew University: British Public Opinion and Israel, 1967-1982 (With Prof. Shlomo Aronson), 30. Lior Berichta, the university of Haifa (with Prof. Yossi Ben Arzi), The Second Decade of Building the IDF, 1957-1967 31. Abraham Ben-Meir, the university of Haifa (with Prof. Yechiam Weitz), The Labor Government Policy in Palestine, 1945-1948 32. Sagui Levi, Arms' Purchase in the War of Independence

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