Notwithstanding the peace pact concluded at the end of March between the Jewish colony of Motza, which was razed to the ground in the disturbances of August 1929, when the members of one Jewish family named Macleff were burnt alive, and the Arab village of Colonia, from which the raiders came, the Attorney-General has declined to withdraw the proceedings against the fourteen Arabs who are accused of having attacked the house of Mr. Broza, the leading Jewish colonist of Motza. It was Mr. Broza who was the initiator of the peace pact between Motza and Colonia, one of the conditions of which was that the proceedings against the Arabs in connection with the riots would be dropped.
Since the Attorney-General insists, however, on proceeding with the case, the trial was opened to-day, and Mr. Broza and the members of his family who were called as witnesses, recognised some of the accused as having taken part in the raid.
The case has been adjourned until Monday.
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