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	Lessons of the Battles of Latrun
		The monastery of Latrun and the adjacent fort built by the British became famous in 1948 as the site of three bloody battles, which were outstanding and controversial failures of the Hagana and Israel Defense Force in the 1948 War (War of Independence).
		Latrun bestrides the road to Jerusalem and the Transjordan Legion had been using their position to enforce the blockade against Jewish Jerusalem.
		The Latrun position consisted of a Tegart (named after Sir Charles Tegart, formerly of the Indian police, who advised the British on how to quell the Arab uprising in Palestine) fort built by the British in 1941 and 1942, and the adjacent Trappist monastery situated on a hill controlling a few strategic intersections.
	www.mideastweb.org /latrun.htm (5316 words)

	Latrun
		The area of Latrun (al-Latrun in Arabic) is a region of the Ayalon Valley, about 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of al-Ramla.
		Latrun is the first of the hilly ridges that a traveller will see on his way while ascending to Jerusalem, and therefore is of significant strategic value.
		Latrun (2002, ISBN 965-7130-10-7) is a novel by Ram Oren describing the two Battles of Latrun and the events surrounding them.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/l/la/latrun.html (651 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Latrun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Latrun is the first of the hilly ridges that a traveller will see on his way while ascending to Jerusalem, and therefore is of significant strategic value.
		The battle, however, is often brought up as a failure of much greater proportions than it was; for instance, in 1985 Member of Knesset Uzi Landau has claimed that 2000 soldiers died in the fighting (which would make up a third of all Israeli casualties of the 1948 war!).
		Latrun (2002, ISBN 965-7130-10-7) is a novel by Ram Oren[?] describing the two Battles of Latrun and the events surrounding them.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/la/Latrun (581 words)

	Yad-LaShiryon - Ayalon Valley Throughout History
		The battle most identified with the Latrun area is the battle of Joshua ben Nun, which took place in the area of Beit Horon against the five Amorite kings in the 13th century BCE.
		Latrun, situated on the road to Jerusalem and, thanks to its geographic location, a dominant stop along the caravan routes to and from Jerusalem, was considered an important and key goal for conquest.
		Latrun was also taken during the course of this complex operation by a force from the Harel Brigade, which was forced to retreat because of fierce counterattacks by the Jordanian Legion.
	www.arcm-latrun.org.il /english/ayalon.htm (510 words)

	Latrun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The area of Latrun (al-Latrun in Arabic) is a region of the Ayalon Valley, about 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of al-Ramla.
		In the Bible, Ayalon Valley was the site of a battle in which Joshua defeated the Amorite s; during the Crusades, Latrun was also the scene of many attacks.
		Mini-Israel Miniature Park Located in Latrun, with exact replicas (on a scale of 1:25) of hundreds of the most famous historical, religious, biblical and archeological sites of the Land of the Bible.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Latrun.html (631 words)

	Latrun
		The Latrun Police station was erected in 1941-1942 by the British on a low hill, but affording a good view on this strategic area.
		Under command of the American volunteer Brigadier General David Marcus, the station of Latrun was attacked in the night of 8-9 of June 1948, from the eastern side of the site, in "Operation Yoram".
		Between 1948 and 1967, the Latrun station was involved in some shouting incidents designed to hinder Israelis farming their fields.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/noar/sites/latrun.htm (794 words)

	IDF Armored Corps Museum - The Battles for Latrun
		But the Latrun fortress itself stands as a sort of monument to the the bloody struggles that took place for this crucial point fifty years ago during the War of Independence.
		The protracted battles that exploded around the fortress and wheat fields of Latrun, like the those of the entire war, were marked by chaos, acute shortages of materials and manpower, dissent within the command structure, and by the mistakes that appear tragic and even stupid in hindsight.
		Latrun guarded the access to the Sha'ar Hagai pass, four kilometers eastward, where the road to Jerusalem narrowed into a stony ravine bottleneck of stony ravine.
	www.davidpride.com /Israeli_Armor/Armor_battles.htm (1035 words)

	Perspectives on the Battle of Latrun
		The great sacrifice in Latrun can be turned on its head and used as a myth to propagate being a nation willing to sacrifice, and an image of a nation which is unwilling to make concessions because of the sacrifices it has made and so on.
		And Latrun, in some sense, was part of that, that was one part of the payments in blood, one of the large payments.
		But it was very important for the Jewish state and for those who constructed the collective memory to turn Latrun into the war itself and to claim that the balance of power there was the balance of power elsewhere.
	www.olinfilms.com /ijb/perspectives.html (877 words)

	Israel: Latrun Armoured Corps Museum
		Not far from the monastery is the Latrun Armoured Corps Museum, an impressive open air exhibition of more than 200 tanks and other armoured vehicles.
		Remains of a Crusader fortress and scenic views are to be found on a short loop trail around the Latrun monastery.
		3 - Monument to the Israeli Armoured Corps near the Latrun monastery
	www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il /~bazlov/israel/latrun.html (153 words)

	The IDF Armored Corps Museum
		The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Armored Corps Museum is located in Latrun, Israel, in the Ayalon Valley, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
		The IDF erected the fair at Latrun at a cost of $600,000 and opened it to the public on Independence Day 2001.
		An F-15 was brought in to Latrun, as well as two naval speedboats and a mock-up of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile.
	www.geocities.com /theavonladyil/latrun/index.htm (395 words)

	Latrun - Definition, explanation
		The area of Latrun (al-Latrun in Arabic) is a region of the Ayalon Valley, about 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of al-Ramla.
		Following the so-called "Great Arab Uprising" of 1936-1939, the British authorities built a number of police forts of similar design (named Taggarts after their constructor) in various locations; Latrun was chosen as such a site due to its strategic significance, particularly its dominant position above the old Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem highway passing immediately below the hill-line.
		The battle, however, is often brought up as a failure of much greater proportions than it was; for instance, in 1985 Member of Knesset Doctor Uzi Landau has claimed that 2000 soldiers died in the fighting which would make up a third of all Israeli casualties of the 1948 war.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/la/latrun.php (709 words)

	The Road to Jerusalem
		From 1948 to 1967, the Israelis were unable to gain control of the road and had to build a detour to circumvent the Arab legion.
		Ideal especially for younger kids is nearby Mini Israel, a park where you can tour a miniaturized version of the major landmarks in Israel.
		The Latrun Monastery, which was founded in 1890 by a group of Trappist monks from France, is across from the tank museum.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/vieroad.html (1236 words)

	Yad-LaShiryon - Welcome
		Welcome to Yad La'Shiryon - the armored corps memorial site and museum at Latrun.
		On December 14, 1982, the cornerstone for Yad La'Shiryon was laid.
		This is a story of initiative and persistence: Each stone has a story to tell about the sacrifice and heroism of the fighters who fell before their time, allowing us, the generation that followed in their footsteps, to learn through their personal heroism about the values of sharing and brotherhood, resourcefulness and immortality.
	www.arcm-latrun.org.il /english/welcome.html (98 words)

	Israeli, Israel, village, armored, Category, strategic, police, highway, built, battle, WÄÄ¥at, Shalom, British - ...
		The area of Latrun (Hebrew: ×××¨×•×) (al-Latrun in Arabic) is a region of the Ayalon Valley, about 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla.
		Latrun is the first of the hilly ridges that a traveller will see on his way while ascending to Jerusalem, and therefore is of significant strategic value.
		According to the same source, the villagers were evacuated to Emmaus in 1949 as a result of the war and Latrun's location at the armistice line.
	www.alphasearch.org /Latrun.html (1040 words)

	Monastery of Silence - Latrun - Armored Forces Museum
		Latrun Monastery îùîù ðæéøéí èøàôéñèéí (æøí áîñãø äáðãé÷èéðéí ùáëðñéä ä÷úåìéú ùð÷øà òì ùí äòéø èøàô áöøôú).
		áðééï îùèøú Latrun ðîñø òí ôéðåéå òì éãé äáøéèéí ììéâéåï äéøãðé, åäîùèøä äôëä ìîå÷ã äîöåø òì Jerusalem.
		ìàçø äòáøú äãøê to Jerusalem àì ëáéù äâáåøä, ëáø ìà äééúä çùéáåúä ùì îùèøú Latrun øáä, ìîøåú ùäçééìéí ùùäå áä äèøéãå áéøé àú ç÷ìàé äñáéáä.
	www.trekker.co.il /english/israel-latrun.htm (365 words)

	Is Jerusalem Burning?
		Through the lens of the story of Latrun, the film provides a deeper understanding of the power and influence of myth in a nation such as Israel, and how those myths impact the country's ability to forge a true peace with its neighbors.
		The interviews, along with dramatic archival film and photos and original footage of the plains of Latrun are all blended together to bring this little-known yet highly controversial story to light for the first time.
		Latrun - an historic stronghold on the road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - was the Arab-held position that stood in the way of the relief the city so desperately needed.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /text_only/tv_listings/full_details/Conflict/programme_1607.php (466 words)

	Israel Bird Radar Project
		The Israel Bird Radar Project is the work of Dr. Yossi Leshem and his staff at the International Center for the Study of Bird Migration in Latrun.
		The red arrow at the bottom right corner shows the average direction of the reflected radar echoes of the migrating birds.Above the arrow is the average speed in km/hour and the average direction in degrees of the migrating birds (north is the 0 degree).
		The volume of birds is shown in relation to the topography around the Latrun Radar.
	www.birdingisrael.com /birdNews/recentSightings/2004/fall2004/bird-radar-project.htm (516 words)

	A Bus Ride and Jewish Destiny - Opinion - Arutz Sheva
		The air felt clean and, as I looked around me, I took in the lush green hills, the cactus with their sabras, and I thought of how fortunate I was just being able to walk through a different part of the Land of Israel.
		The battle most identified with the Latrun area is the battle of Joshua bin Nun against the five Amorite kings in the 13th century BCE, which took place in the area of Beit Horon.
		During the War of Independence, three separate operations were executed in order to capture Latrun from the hands of the Jordanian Arab Legion and open the road to the besieged Jewish Jerusalem.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=5750 (940 words)

	Israel Yesterday & Today (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Latrun, the site of many famous military battles, is located on a hilltop about half-way along the 40 mile road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
		At the foot of the hill are the remains of the Emmaus (Nicopolis) Church, first built in the 5th century, over the site believed to be the place where Jesus appeared to two of his disciples after his resurrection (Mark 16:12-13; Luke 24:13-31).
		The Latrun Monastery, built on the hillside, was founded in 1890 by a group of Trappist monks from France.
	www.rc.net /wcc/israel/latrun.htm (259 words)

	NJ Jewish News \| Our ‘daughter,’ the Israeli officer
		The ceremony for her commission was held on Jan. 4 in the fortress at Latrun.
		Latrun is a fitting place to hold these ceremonies and contemplate the centrality of the army to life in Israel.
		In 1967, the IDF took Latrun and the hills and valleys around it.
	www.njjewishnews.com /njjn.com/021606/rlOurDaughter.html (591 words)

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		The Latrun Monastery became famous for the good wine and olive oil it produces, which are available from a shop run by the monks.
		To he west is the Latrun corridor which during the war was under Arab control.
		On the summit of he hill above the monastery is a twelfth century Crusader fortress built by Flemish knights o guard the road from Jaffa o Jerusalem.The name Latrun is said to come from he name of this fortress -Toron des Chevaliers (Tower of the Knights).
	www.music-lovers.co.il /Theatres/latrun_monastry.htm (370 words)

	JUF News and Public Affairs
		Latrun, Israel--Situated midway between the coast and Jerusalem, just where the fertile coastal plain gives way to the rising Judean Hills, Latrun stands as a sentry post guarding the access route to the Holy City.
		After studying Israeli and Zionist history for months, Latrun brought the struggles to secure the state to life not only in historical terms.
		For just as we were concluding our tour of the Armored Corps museum, we saw a group of about 250 new armored corps recruits--students just a year older than the Write On fellows--swear their allegiance to the Israel Defense Forces.
	www.juf.org /news_public_affairs/article.asp?key=7115 (258 words)

	IDF Armored Corps Museum - Latrun Police Building (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This building was built in 1943 to serve as a British police station and prison for members of Jewish underground organizations (Haganah, Etzel, and Lehi) during the British Mandate.
		In order to preserve its authentic character, the scars from bullets and shells, and the Arabic writing on the walls, were left as is.
		Latrun is about 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem.
	www.davidpride.com /Israeli_Armor/IL_Armor115.htm (90 words)

	POICA-Relocating Checkpoints in the West Bank
		Few of the villagers managed to return later and settle in the areas close to where their houses used to be.
		Successive Israeli governments had considered the Latrun area as an area of strategic importance that needed to be firmly in their control.
		As mentioned earlier, Israel considers the Latrun area strategic and moving the checkpoint eastwards is like declaring that the border between it and the West Bank is further east than it actually is. As a consequence, Israel contemplates the annexation of Canada Park and Mevo Horon in the final status negotiations.
	www.poica.org /editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=86 (734 words)

	USATODAY.com - Israel keeps wary eye on migrating birds (Site not responding. Last check: )
		LATRUN, Israel Israeli health and government officials believe that some of the 500 million migratory birds that pass through here twice a year could carry the strain of avian influenza that has ravaged flocks in Asia and killed 62 people there since December 2003.
		Halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Latrun, a former British fortress, sits in the midst of many of the flocks' flight patterns.
		Leshem hopes his two radar stations (at Latrun and Ben Gurion International Airport) and six banding stations — where satellite trackers are attached to birds — can monitor fowl that are at the highest risk of carrying the virus, such as gulls, raptors, ducks and starlings.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-26-israel-bird-flu_x.htm (992 words)

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