An Arab special policeman was shot dead today on the Nazareth-Jenin road while police in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv pressed an inquiry into the wounding of two Arabs there yesterday.
Eighty Communists of Tel Aviv and surrounding colonies were detained in Tel Aviv in connection with yesterday’s shooting. Several members of the right-wing semi-military organization, Brith Trumpeldor, were also held. About half of the suspects were later released.
The Jewish National Council issued a statement condemning the shootings.
The Arab Supreme Committee, which last week ended a 175-day strike against the Jews and the Government, telegraphed High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, declaring the Arab rulers of neighboring countries had protested the attacks. The protest said the Arabs were keeping the peace agreement, while the Jews were not.
The committee, however, issued a proclamation to the Palestine Arabs urging restraint in the face of the attacks.
The Tel Aviv Municipal Council characterized the assaults as a “provocative crime,” condemned the assailants and expressed hope they would be brought to justice.
Scattered attacks continued as the Palestine disorders entered their twenty-sixth week. The settlement at Sejera was fired on, but no casualties were reported. Colonists at Kfar Hassidim, aided by British troops, repelled an all-night attack. Other raids were reported on settlements and suburbs around Haifa.
The authorities announced further relaxation of military control, removing restrictions on international telephone calls, effective tomorrow. On the same day, military convoys of buses plying between Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and colonies in the Jezreel Valley will be withdrawn.
Thirty Arab leaders, held in a Government concentration camp at Sarafend since early in the disorders, were released yesterday.
A British officer and a private were slightly wounded Friday night in a skirmish near Acre between a military patrol and a band of Druses. The band suffered three casualties. Two planes sent to aid the soldiers were also fired at.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
