Sixty East Jerusalem Arabs were arrested during the past 36 hours on suspicion of inciting to riot, a police spokesman said today. One of them, reportedly, is Rassan Tahbub, editor of the pro-PLO East Jerusalem daily, A-Shaab.
Jerusalem Police Chief David Kraus has warned East Jerusalem merchants that if their shope in the Old City are not re-opened today, they would be confiscated by the police and shut down for a prolonged period. Kraus summoned members of the East Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce and Mukhtarim (local chiefs) to his office to convey his warning. Most Old City shops were closed yesterday in protest against the shooting of Arabs by Israeli forces during recent disturbances in East Jerusalem and the west Bank.
15 HELD FOR MEMBERSHIP IN EL FATAH
Meanwhile 15 Arabs from Tarkumiyeh village in the Hebron district were detained by security forces on charges of membership in El Fatah. An army spokesman said that at least two acts of sabotage were committed by this group. One was the placing of an explosive charge under a United Nations car last Noy. 2 and the other was planting explosives at a house on the Bethlehem road in December.
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