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Palestine Alters Its Decision on 14 in Prison

February 26, 1935
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The Palestine administration today altered its decision to release the ten Jews and four Arabs who went on a twenty-four hour hunger strike Sunday demanding that they be released under bail.

The fourteen prisoners, all of whom are held on the charge of illegal entry into Palestine, ended their strike yesterday when the government promised to release them under individual jail bonds of $125. Today, however, the authorities declared that the bail must be higher than the sum stipulated.

The prisoners, who have already served their sentences, notified the jail administration in Jerusalem that they will go on a new hunger strike if they are not released today. All ten Jewish prisoners are refugees from Adrianapole. The Vaad Leumi, the Jewish National Council of Palestine, is trying to raise bail for them.

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