As the Mapai Party prepared to hold another election rally tomorrow night in the North African immigrant quarter of Wadi Salib, here, police trucks equipped with loud speakers toured the area and warned the population against a repetition of the riot staged during the Mapai rally last Friday night.
The Mapai rally tomorrow night is scheduled for the same motion picture house in front of which a week ago, North African immigrants demonstrated, fought and stoned police, and ended up with 70 of their number under arrest. Tomorrow’s election rally will be addressed by one of Israel’s most popular heroes, Gen. Moshe Dayan, former Chief of Staff of the army and the man who led Israel’s victorious forces during the Sinai campaign in 1956.
The police warnings, broadcast in Hebrew and in the Moroccan dialect of Arabic understood by many of the immigrants, cautioned citizens to reject incitement by agitators who may urge illegal demonstrations. It warned women that they and their children are being made dupes of the agitators, and promised police protection to anyone who is subjected to threats by the agitators.
Three youths collecting money “for the arrested men” were detained by police last night on suspicion that the money may go to the underground center for creating disturbances. Vigorous efforts are being continued to find the center and leaders of the underground.
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