Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan/Israel Mixed Armistice Commission was the United Nations organisation of observers which dealt with complaints from Jordan and Israel to maintain the fragile cease fire alo
1954 issued United Nations special ID & pass to commission head Lt. Col. Charles F. Brewster
Ma'ale Akrabim massacre
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The Ma'ale Akrabim massacre, known in English as the Scorpions' Pass Massacre, was an attack on an Israeli passenger bus, carried out on 17 March 1954, in the middle of the day. Eleven passengers were
Jordan–Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
…concluded at Samara in 1950 to the effect that the two parties should retain and work the said land until the problem was settled. 17 March 1954: Ma-aleh Akrabim incident. A Party of Arabs ambushed a bus travelling from Eilat to Tel Aviv, and opened fire at short range when the bus reached the area of Ma'ale Akrabim in…
The bus after the incident
Memorial plate in Ma'ale Akrabim
Reconstructed model of the civilian bus that was attacked by the Arab gang at Scorpion Pass.