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| From 1949 to 1956 an informal, often-violated truce dominated relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. As Israelis created "free fire zones" on its borders, where often unarmed Arab infiltrators were shot, Arabs dubbing themselves feyadeen (self-sacrificers) began arming themselves to attack targets inside the Jewish state. Here Jewish farmers keep watch on the Israel-Egypt frontier in 1955. | ||
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