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The day Britain nearly bombed Israel - and Truman’s urgent warning changed the course of history
A dramatic Cold War moment saw US President Harry Truman halt Britain's planned bombing of Tel Aviv in 1949, preventing a major escalation between Western allies during the Arab-Israeli war.
In January 1949, UK came within hours of launching a bombing mission on Tel Aviv after an aerial confrontation with Israeli ...
Peter Unwin, who has died aged 93, was British Ambassador to Denmark and deputy secretary-general of the Commonwealth, but ...
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