13. "Naam ya sayyedi" - (Arabic) - "Yes sir."

14. Majdal - small Arab town in the south.

15. "Alhamdulillah" - (Arabic) - literally, "Praise be to God."

16. "Isma ya Suleiman!" - (Arabic) - "Listen, Suleiman!"

17. Sulha - (Arabic) - traditional meal of reconciliation after a row.

18. Tucki - (Hebrew) - parrot.

19. "Keif tismaini?" - (Arabic) - "Can you hear me?"

20. "Ya misril! Teezak hamra lesh?" - (Arabic) - "You Egyptians! Why is your arse so red?"

21. "Uskut, ya ibn kelb!" - (Arabic) - "Shut up, you son of a bitch!"

22. Akrut - (Arabic) - pimp.

23. "Fein inta ya Jamus" - (Arabic) - "Where are you, Jamus?"

The Irgun Youth

1. Blue shirts - uniform of the socialist youth movements.

2. Haganah - main prestate Jewish paramilitary organization, became the core of the armed forces.

3. National Military Organization - the Irgun.

4. White Paper - 1939 British policy paper favoring a Jewish—Arab Palestine with proportional representation, and restricting Jewish immigration and land purchases.

5. Acre (Akka) — one of the oldest towns in Palestine. The medieval citadel was used as a prison by the British for many years.

6. Ha Tikva - (Hebrew) - "The Hope": a song that was already sung as an anthem during the time of the Mandate, and later became the Israeli national anthem.

7. Yair - underground name of Avraham Stern, the founder of the Irgun split-off known as Lehi.

8. Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky - leader of Revisionist Zionism, co-founder of the Irgun.

9. Deir Yassin - Arab village west of Jerusalem that was captured on 9 April 1948, with over a hundred massacred.

10. Menahem Begin - leader of the Etzel. Later long-term opposition leader in the Israeli parliament, and then Prime Minister.

11. Kfar Vitkin - Jewish village north of Tel Aviv

The Village and the Cows

1. Lod (Lydda) - a small Arab town with an important railway junction on the way to Jerusalem.

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