ABSTRACT
The sense of isolation in Jewish Jerusalem grew daily as the civilians began to realize what their leaders had known for some time. In Jerusalem convoys had to be formed to supply the outlying settlements, increasingly isolated by armed Arab bands. In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem the impending invasion of the Arab Legion remained a distant threat. The immediacy of the crisis was so apparent to the population of Jerusalem that the take-over progressed relatively smoothly. The way into Jerusalem from the south was proving as difficult for the Egyptians as the northern entry had been for Glubb. The Jerusalem Haganah had blunted the pincers from the north and south and repulsed the frontal assault on Notre Dame. Small wars, even by great powers, could be undertaken to settle the clash of interests not sufficiently vital to endanger the security of the major powers.
