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Operation Cast Thy Bread was a top-secret biological warfare operation conducted by the Haganah and later the Israel Defense Forces that began in April 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war. The Haganah used typhoid bacteria to contaminate drinking water wells in violation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol .
Research by Israeli historians Benny Morris and Benjamin Kedar show that during the 1948 war, Israel conducted a biological warfare operation codenamed Cast Thy Bread. According to Morris and Kedar, the Haganah initially used typhoid bacteria to contaminate water wells in newly cleared Arab villages to prevent the population including ...
In April, Yishuv forces began to resort to biological warfare in a top-secret operation called 'Cast Thy Bread', whose aim was to prevent the return of Palestinians to the villages Yishuv forces had conquered, and, as the practice reached beyond the key Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem lines, make conditions difficult for any Arab armies that might retake ...
"Bread upon the Waters" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, which first appeared in the London Graphic in December 1895. [1] It was later published in The Day's Work (1898). The title derives from Ecclesiastes 11:1 - "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days" .
The group's leader Abba Kovner went to Mandatory Palestine in order to secure large quantities of poison for poisoning water mains to kill large numbers of Germans. His followers infiltrated the water system of Nuremberg. However, Kovner was arrested upon arrival in the British zone of occupied Germany and had to throw the poison overboard. [3]
Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 7, 1917 – April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck-driving country songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. [1]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Arab–Israeli conflict The main parties in the Arab–Israeli conflict Israel Palestinian territories Egypt Jordan Lebanon Syria Iraq Date Late 19th / early 20th century – present Main phase: c. 15 May 1948 – ongoing (76 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Middle East Status Ongoing ...
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. [9]"Cast your bread upon the waters": a saying about spontaneous good deeds, [10] It seems to have a parallel in the Egyptian wisdom text Instruction of 'Onchsheshonqy (19.10), 'where the good deed thrown in the water is later recovered when dry'.