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"The Battle of Al Karameh". Palestine Liberation Organization
Poster on paper not lined, ca. 1968. 23 x 46 cm. Small tear upper left
The Battle of Karameh was a 15-hour military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and combined forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jordanian Armed Forces in the Jordanian town of Karameh, during the War of Attrition, on 21 March 1968. It was planned by Israel as one of two concurrent raids on PLO camps, one in Karameh and one in the distant village of Safi - codenamed Operation Inferno and Operation Asuta respectively - but the former turned into a full-scale battle.
Poster on paper not lined, ca. 1968. 23 x 46 cm. Small tear upper left
The Battle of Karameh was a 15-hour military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and combined forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jordanian Armed Forces in the Jordanian town of Karameh, during the War of Attrition, on 21 March 1968. It was planned by Israel as one of two concurrent raids on PLO camps, one in Karameh and one in the distant village of Safi - codenamed Operation Inferno and Operation Asuta respectively - but the former turned into a full-scale battle.