Article: An Arab veteran of 1948 recalls Palestinian 'catastrophe'.(WORLD)(Mahmoud Jadallah, 1948 Arab-Israeli War)

Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Jerusalem -- Mahmoud Jadallah recalls the 1948 Arab-Israeli war as if it were yesterday. As he guides a visitor through the village he once defended against Israeli forces, the names of outposts and passwords his Arab fighters used trip off his tongue.

But the day that the Jordanians told them to stop fighting is clearest. The war was over - for the moment, at least - and an armistice had been reached between Israel and Jordan. "The Jordanians came along with us and said, 'OK, we don't need you anymore. You can go home. We're in charge now. They're a state, and we're a state.'

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