Four Jews were wounded today in an Arab ambush of a truckload of workers between the Jewish colony of Mikve Israel and Sarafand. The wounded are Moshe Guterman, 26, seriously; Hayim Nadel, 32, Hayim Levi, 25, and Jacob Shnitzer, 36, slightly.
Meanwhile, conflicting manifestos were issued by Arabs, one calling for renewal of terrorism and a “purge of traitors,” the other advising cooperation with the Government. The former bore the signatures of two notorious band leaders, Abu Ibrahim and Abu Durrah.
It was reported without confirmation that Aref Abdul Razzek, terrorist commander-in-chief who fled to Syria last January with British troops on his heels, has again slipped into Palestine and is preparing a new large-scale terrorist campaign.
In the meantime, Jewish colonization is continuing quietly. It was revealed today that six new settlements, comprising 250 families, have been secretly established on 2,000 acres of privately owned land near Gedera. Stockades and watchtowers have been erected to ward off Arab attacks.
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