Eran Lerman on His Father's Captivity in Jordan

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1. 2:05"Your Majesty, if it had not been for, uh, that the Jordanian military in nineteen
2. 2:10forty-eight was commanded, uh, and led, uh, by gentlemen, I probably wouldn't be
3. 2:16here." Uh, because, um, let's say that the treatment of prisoners of war by other
4. 2:21Arab neighbors of ours has not been, uh, stellar.
5. 2:26Um, but my father was a POW in Jordan,
6. 2:33uh, for a prolonged period of time and, uh, uh, taken from the old city of Jerusalem.
7. 2:42And, um, I have to say he was treated decently and came home safe and sound nine
8. 2:48months later.

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