Showing posts with label United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

United Nations Special Committee on Palestine hearing in Jerusalem, July 16, 1947


















Orthodox Jews are seen during a United Nations Special Committee on Palestine hearing in Jerusalem, July 20, 1947. At left is Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox Jews in Palestine, Joseph Zvi Dushinski. Others are unidentified. (AP Photos/Jim Pringle)




















Two orthodox Jews listen intently as they attend a United Nations Special Committee on Palestine hearing in Jerusalem, July 16, 1947. Seldom photographed because of their religion the Jews’ appearance is marked

























An unidentified Orthodox Jew, wrinkled with age, wearing a long beard, tattered robes and cane, attends a session of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine in Jerusalem, June 16, 1947, to hear Joseph Zvi Dushinski, Chief Rabbi of Agudath Israel Congregation in Palestine, speak on behalf of his group.