When Palestinian Arabs and Jews fought the Nazis side by side
In a largely forgotten chapter of history, 12,000 Palestinian Arabs volunteered to serve with the British military during World War II.
RECRUITS BELOW the Jerusalem Citadel listen to speeches by British Colonial administrator Edward Keith-Roach, the mayor and district officer, on April 25, 1941.(photo credit: MATSON PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
