"The Jordan Guard in the War of Independence"

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IN EARLY JUNE 1948, DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, THE DEFENDERS OF THE JORDAN GUARD REJECTED TWO ATTACKS BY THE SYRIAN ARMY THAT CROSSED THE JORDAN RIVER AND INVADED ISRAEL. IN THE THIRD ATTACK, ON JUNE 10, THE COLONY WAS CONQUERED AND DESTROYED AND THE REMAINING ALIVE WERE CAPTURED. AS A RESULT OF THE CONQUEST OF THE COLONY, THE UPPER GALILEE WAS AT RISK OF DISCONNECTING FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. IN OPERATION BROCK IN THE BATTLE OF THE TEN DAYS, ABOUT 100 FIGHTERS FELL IN A FAILED ATTEMPT BY THE IDF TO RETURN AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE SYRIAN BORDER IN THE JORDAN GUARD. THE AREA RETURNED TO ISRAEL’S SOVEREIGNTY FOLLOWING THE WEAPONS STRIKE AGREEMENT WITH SYRIA IN JULY 1949.

THE COLONY WAS NOT RE-ESTABLISHED AND ITS LANDS WERE ESTABLISHED THE KIBBUTZ AND THE SEAT OF WORKERS FROM THE JORDAN GUARD.

BACKGROUND
THE COLONY OF THE JORDAN GUARD WAS FOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER 1890 WITH THE HELP OF LANDMARK LOVERS. IN THE EVENTS OF THE REICH, THE COLONY SUFFERED FROM HARASSMENT AND ROBBERIES. IN THE 1930S, THE SETTLEMENT RECEIVED A STRENGTHENING NUCLEAR REINFORCEMENT OF THE BEITAR MOVEMENT. EVEN IN THE EVENTS OF THE ARAB REVOLT, THE COLONY SUFFERED FROM HARASSMENT. LATER IN JOINING THE MEMBERS OF THE BEITAR, THE IDF ESTABLISHED A TRAINING CAMP FOR ITS MEMBERS. THIS WAS KNOWN TO THE BRITISH, AND ON 18 NOVEMBER 1939 BRITISH AUTHORITIES RAIDED THE COLONY, AND ARRESTED 38 OF THE COACHES. MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL LEFT THE PLACE UNTIL THE END OF 1940. IN JANUARY 1947, 42 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA AND JOANWOOD BRIGADE SETTLED IN THE JORDAN GUARD, AN ORGANIZATION OF LIBERATED BRITISH TROOPS FROM BEITAR, ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT HALF REMAINED. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THEY SETTLED IN THE PLACE, IN SMALLER NUMBERS, EVEN FROM THE DETENTION CAMPS IN CYPRUS AND RISING FROM THE NEBULA.

THE FIRST MONTHS OF WAR
IN THE PARTITION RESOLUTION, THE JORDAN RIVER WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN SYRIA, EAST OF THE RIVER, AND THE JEWISH STATE, WEST OF IT. THE COLONY REMAINED IN THE AREA DESIGNED FOR JEWS. THE TOPOGRAPHIC STATE OF THE COLONY WAS INFERIOR TO BEING LOW AND EXILE, "AS THE PALM OF THE HAND" FROM THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. DUE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION, WHICH INCLUDED A SETTLEMENT NUCLEUS OF THE BEITER AND ICHILL, THE COMMAND INSTEAD INCLUDED THE “PROTECTION,” WHICH TOOK BIRTH TO THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING THE AREA, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE IDF COMMANDER AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE “JOWOOD” REPRESENTATIVE. THE SPLIT IN ANOTHER COMMAND TO THE CONCENTRATION OF RESOURCES FOR PROTECTION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLONY’S NUCLEUS CONSISTED OF PRIVATE FARM PEASANTS. SINCE THE UN RESOLUTION, THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS WORSENED. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ROADS WERE ATTACKED IN THE COLONY AND IN DECEMBER 1947, WITNESS CHAN WAS ROBBED. ON 11 JANUARY 1948, THE PALMACH BLEW UP THE BRIDGE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF JACOB TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE PENETRATION OF ARAB FIGHTERS FROM SYRIA. FROM MID-MARCH 1948, THE JORDAN GUARD TOOK WORK IN THE POWERFUL CREATURES OF A BUILDING DIESEL. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEN RELATED POSITIONS WAS PLANNED, BUT THIS WORK, ALTHOUGH IT WAS LARGELY DONE, DID NOT END UNTIL THE SYRIAN ARMY ATTACK. THESE POSITIONS CREATED A LINE OF PROTECTION AROUND A KIND OF WALL THAT SURROUNDED THE HOUSES. IN ADDITION, THE EAST WAS PILED OF DIRT AT A HEIGHT OF TWO METERS, PREVENTING OBSERVATION AND DIRECT FIRE ON THE COLONY FROM SYRIA. THE COLONY WAS SURROUNDED BY A FENCE. THE COLONY HAD A TELEPHONE AND WIRELESS CONNECTION, MORSE AND SPEECH, WITH THE DEFENSE COMMANDER (MAY: IDF), WHO CALLED THE STERNS AND THEN HEADS A CORNER. IN APRIL 1948, THE DEFENCE FORCES STOPPED AT THE TOP OF THE IDF'S REINFORCEMENT FORCE, 12 YEARS OLD, AND PREVENTED HIM FROM REACHING THE HELP OF THE COLONY. SEVERAL OF THEM WERE STILL HIDING AND MANAGED TO REACH THE JORDAN GUARD. INSTEAD, THERE WAS A REINFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FIGHTERS. ALONG WITH THE REINFORCEMENT, THE FORCE OF THE SETTLEMENT TOOK ABOUT 50 TO 60 FIGHTERS: ABOUT 10 TO 15 MEMBERS OF THE COLONY, ABOUT 20 TO 25 MG OF THE ORGANIZATION AND JUWOOD, AND THE REST WAS REINFORCEMENTD FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE JORDAN GUARD HAS PREPARED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS BETWEEN SYRIA AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL (THE 91ST ROAD OF THE PRESENT DAY, WHICH CONTINUED IN THE EAST REACHES THE KUNITRA AND DAMASCUS), AND THEREFORE, ON A POSSIBLE AXIS OF INVASION. THERE WAS ALSO A CONSCIENCE AND SOUTH OF THE COLONY OF PASSAGES WHERE IT WAS POSSIBLE