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Palestine Regiment Will Be Well Equipped; Libyan Jews Reach Jerusalem

November 12, 1942
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Equipment will continue to be sent to the Palestine Regiment despite the intensified action in Africa, although the armies operating in the desert must be the first in the Mediterranean area to receive equipment, British Secretary of War. Sir James Grigg, announced in the House of Commons today.

Reports from Palestine cabled by correspondents of London newspapers state that a number of Libyan Jews have reached Jerusalem. They said that the Jews in Libya are suffering greatly at the hands of the retreating German and Italian soldiers.

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