Forgotten Veterans

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Of course, the names of both Khalidi and Narkiss are no longer mentioned in the cruel conflict that consumes Israel and Palestine. Neither is the Palestine Regiment, whose 61st anniversary fell this year. Nor were the dead of the Palestine Regiment - Arab and Jew - commemorated by the Queen at the Cenotaph on Sunday.

Full story here.

Thanks to ansat.

In Israel the Palestine Regiment is best forgotten, as the future founders of the Jewish State also fought World War II -- on the other side.