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of Acre—which even Napoleon could not capture from the
Turks—had all been seized by the Haganah in a series of brilliant maneuvers. What innate power motivated these sons of
David? I didn't yet have the answer from the Jewish side. But
with the Arabs I had been learning some of the reasons why
the Jehad was daily proving such a failure.
Moustafa, however, seemed to have no worries. Toward
evening one day I found him sitting on a rock. I walked up
quietly and sat beside him.
"Things are not going so well with us, Moustafa," I said.
"The Jews haven't tasted real Arab steel and