<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1948, lapho kugqashuka impi  <response>: phakathi koMbuso osanda kumenyezelwa wakwa-Israyeli kanye namazwe angomakhelwane ama-Arabhu, uKoestler waqinisekiswa ngamaphephandaba amaningana, aseMelika, aseBrithani nawaseFrance, futhi waya kwa-Israyeli. UMamaine Paget wahamba naye. Bafika kwa-Israyeli ngoJuni 4 futhi bahlala lapho kwaze kwaba ngu-Okthoba. Kamuva ngalowo nyaka banquma ukushiya i - UK okwesikhashana bathuthele eFrance. Izindaba zokuthi isicelo sakhe sesikhathi eside sokuba yisakhamuzi saseBrithani sasivunyelwe zafika kuye eFrance ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba; ekuqaleni kuka-1949 wabuyela eLondon ukuze afunge isifungo sokwethembeka eMbusweni waseBrithani. 