Eran Lerman on the Jordanian War Memorial

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1. 19:54both in forty-eight and in sixty-seven, the Jordanians fought well and fought
2. 20:01honorably. Um, Israelis paid their respects in a sense.
3. 20:06Uh, I don't know if you know the story. In the fiercest battle in Jerusalem itself,
4. 20:12uh, ammunition... the battle on Ammu-Ammunition Hill, um, we had quite a number of
5. 20:18Israeli losses. But after the battle was over and the makeshift, uh, uh, burial
6. 20:25was made also for the Jordanians who fell there, an Israeli put up a sign that said,
7. 20:31"Here lie fifty-three brave Jordanian soldiers." I've never seen this in our history
8. 20:37before or after.

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