New York Times · 13 December 1956

CP-1956-033

48 ARABS KILLED; ISRAEL PENITENT

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“48 Arabs killed; Israel penitent.”

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The only headline of the nine to lead with the count and the verb killed. Then the semicolon, and the second half of the sentence is about how Israel feels. Penitent is a word about the killer’s soul.

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"48 ARABS KILLED; ISRAEL PENITENT," New York Times, 13 December 1956. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1956-033. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1956-033

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• The word that waited for a verdict

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