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Seven West Bank Arabs Held in Plot to Poison Arab Notables

August 11, 1969
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Officials announced today the arrest of 29 suspected members of Arab sabotage groups, including two men and five women in Ramallah reportedly organized in a cell with the assignment of trying to poison Arab notables cooperating with Israeli authorities. Some of the women members of the cell confessed to the charge, it was reported. The other arrests were made in Jericho and Bethlehem. The officials reported that the suspects were found to have firearms.

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