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Schwimmer's Choice


(Jerusalem Post) Editorial - Thanks to Schwimmer's American-based arms network - with branches in Hawaii, Panama, Czechoslovakia and Mexico - Israel successfully rebuffed the onslaught of Palestinian militias as well as an offensive launched by the combined armies of neighboring Arab nations during the 1948-49 war. Under his direction the network borrowed and sometimes stole dozens of fighter aircraft, recruited scores of battle-trained American and British pilots and mechanics, and shipped tons of ammunition that proved critical to the war effort.
2011-06-17 00:00:00
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