An Arab band today raided a village near Acre and killed a prominent Arab merchant accused of trading with Jews.
Other case of violence were reported from many parts of the Holy Land as the Arab Supreme Committee, under pressure of Arab fruit growers, met to take a decision on continuance or cessation of the 24-week-old general strike against Jewish immigration and sale of land to Jews.
The imminence of the citrus export season, (opening Nov. 15), which necessitates a large, mobile labor supply, is regarded as the motive behind the Arab agriculturists’ demands for peace. This confirms a previous report that large Arab farmers had presented the committee with an ultimatum demanding liquidation of the strike.
An official communique reported a number of Arabs were arrested for possession of arms and suspicion of murder.
The Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline at Beisan was again damaged by Arab marauders.
Arabs fired on a military camp at Jenin, slightly wounding a soldier.
An Arab bomb and rifle attack on the Jerusalem suburb of Bait Vegan was beaten off last night by Jewish special policemen. The attack began on all sides and lasted an hour. No casualties were reported among the Jewish defenders.
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