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“Mind you, our chaps behaved
pretty well—as guardsmen gener
ally do,” mused uie assistant dis
trict commissioner from Somali
land as we flew lo Rome, first
stop on his flight return to base.
He blamed a lot of the pother in
Palestine under the Mandate to
character-clashes between Briton
and Jew. There were the Jews
rushing around and getting things
done and always telling what they
were getting done. It was “come
and see this" and “come and see
that,’’ “look what we’ve done here”
and “look what we’re doing there.”
Damn it all, the A.D.C. implied,
it was a bit tough on a fellow,
what with the heat and all that
Yes, and take the girls. Sun-bat-
teired Bfritish soldiers, on sociaJ
calls at kibbutzim, would find
eyes lighting up when pretty Is
raelis came smilingly to greet
them. But the light would die
down somewhat when the greeting
turned invitation—to inspect the
new cowshed or admire the new
silo. Life with the Arabs was rel
atively relaxing. Still, he recalled
with pleasure festivities enjoyed
with Jewish families and kibbutz
camaraderie. (“Remember me to
Shmuel at Ashdot Ya’akov.”)
Hours flew by, we lost a few
enroute, the lights of Tel Aviv
came suddenly up to meet us, and
at 1:20 am. we touched down
at Lydda. It was a tiny airport
by Idlewild standards, but int
imate and friendly. I thought we
were going to land right under
neath the balcony where people
waited, chatting, waving, impati
ent and expectant, for airborne
friends and relatives now arriving,
but we didn’t quite. “Welcome
home,” came the captain’s voice
over the loudspeaker, as we stepp
ed down among strangers who
were not quite strangers in a
strange land.
Aromatic ripples reached us
from the airport gardens. It was a
night sparkled with stars. In the
airport lounge orange juice await
ed us, the gift of the Israel Gov
ernment Tourist Corporation, and
in orange juice we toasted Israel.
Passports were collected, shuffled
around, and redistributed. No one
seemed in any particular hurry to
GRACIOUS GREETINGS
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
let us go. But when the customs
men did get round to us they were
very kind. Everyone was kind be
cause we were visitors and they
wanted us to feel at home. Shalom,
shalom, rang so often on our ears
that it seemed to us, impression
able newcomers, tiiat the whole ol
Israel was crying aloud for peace.
When at last 1 was cleared, it
dawned upon me that I had no
where to go when I got to Jerus
alem. Lydda was 20 minutes from
Tev Aviv and 2V 2 hours from Jer
usalem, yet the capital seemed the
natural, the inevitable starting
point. I put my problem to the
decorative blonde at the informa
tion desk. ‘Hotel in Jerusalem,”
she repeated. “What sort? Lux
ury?” “No, No!” I hastily correct
ed, “inexpensive.” ‘Try the Eden,”
she counselled. So now I had
anchorage. A porter bore my case
out to the taxi rank and disap
peared before I had time to think
about tipping. By 2:20 am. 1 was
comfortably settled in the front
seat of a huge car. More passengers
piled in. Three your.g Arabs pack
ed themselves in behind me.
Right at the back sat an aged
Russian Rabbi with handsome
grey-white beard and sidelock
streaming in the gentle wind. Last
to join us was the driver, brawny,
bronzed Yehuda.
Now we were all ready to start
but the car wouldn't. The men
tumbled out and nut their shoul
ders to the wheel and shoved. As
the car started to inch its way
forward, they tumoled back in
and we roared off. I didn’t know
whether to be alarmed or amused
at this somewhat unpromising
or at any rate unwilling start
but the driver took it calmly
“Ah, it’s a good car," he as
sured me Half an hour later
we panted lo a standstill at a
level crossing and again the car
refused to budge without a hefty
push from the railwaymen. How
ever, in between starting, it cer
tainly went well. Shattering the
stillness of the dark silent slopes,
we hurtled down the “Burma
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