Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1948, lokacin da yaki ya barke
tsakanin sabuwar jihar Isra'ila da jihohin Larabawa makwabta, Koestler ya sami izini daga jaridu da dama, Amurka, Birtaniya da Faransa, kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa Isra'ila. Mamaine Paget ta tafi tare da shi. Sun isa Isra'ila a ranar 4 ga Yuni kuma sun zauna a can har zuwa Oktoba. Daga baya a wannan shekarar sun yanke shawarar barin Burtaniya na ɗan lokaci kuma suka koma Faransa. Labarin cewa an ba shi izinin zama ɗan ƙasar Burtaniya da aka daɗe ana jiransa ya isa Faransa a ƙarshen Disamba; a farkon 1949 ya koma London don rantsuwar rantsuwa ga Sarautar Burtaniya.