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Refugee Fined for Trying to Chip Piece off Wailing Wall

December 19, 1939
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The District Court today fined a Jewish refugee who admitted he tried unsuccessfully to chip a piece of stone from the Wailing Wall as a souvenir. The Arab police inspector who appeared to testify against the defendant declared that such acts were likely to cause trouble between Jews and Arabs.

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