Arab workers employed on road repair work in Ben Yehuda street Saturday, sang the following: “As long as the Mufti lives we don’t fear any evil and we shall gather our weapons and slaughter all Zionists.” Hundreds of Jews walking the streets on the Sabbath protested to a British policeman on duty, but he dispersed the crowd.
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