A slight incident occurred today in the Old City of Jerusalem in connection with the Arab boycott of Jewish merchants. A Jewish youth who attempted to photograph a number of Arab pickets stationed to keep Arabs from entering Jewish shops was attacked by them. An Arab woman cried out. “He is carrying a revolver,” whereupon an Arab policemen arrested the Jewish youth.
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