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Dr. Thon, Polish Zion Leader, Opposes Execution of Convicted Arabs

November 11, 1929
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“Don’t let us perpetuate bloody deeds,” declared Dr. Thon, Polish Zionist leader, in an article appearing in the Warsaw Jewish daily, “Hajnt,” demanding that the death sentence against the convicted Arabs in Palestine should not be executed.

Dr. Thon appeals to the Zionist Executive and to the Jewish Agency of Palestine that they should do everything possible in order that the convicted Arabs be granted mercy. “The execution of the sentences is not permissible, not because we are afraid of Arabian vengeance, but because death sentence is a crime against the Jewish traditions,” Dr. Thon declared.

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