(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chaim Shlesinger and Joseph Baskin of Jaffa were sentenced to two months imprisonment to be followed by deportation. The charge brought against them was that they belonged to the Communist party.
Eleven Communists detained in the Jerusalem prison awaiting deportation have declared a hunger strike. The prisoners demand that they be accorded better treatment.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
