Arab villagers today fired on Jewish settlers at Massouth Itzhak, south of Jerusalem, in the second such incident to occur within the past three days.
The Arabs dispersed after Jewish settlement police fired several shots into the air. No one was shot, but two Jews were injured by stones.
Meanwhile, work on the new settlement of Neoth Mordechai, the scene of Sunday’s clash in which two Jews were killed, has been suspended pending a hearing by the authorities on Thursday of Arab claims to the land.
Jewish inhabitants of the Hatikvah quarter between Tel Aviv and Jaffa report that the Arab “army” called “Hajadas” drills there nightly, using firearms and dressed in uniforms, without interference from the authorities. The wearing of uniforms has been prohibited even for Jewish sports organizations.
Two persons were reported to have been seriously injured during the night when a land mine exploded under a train on the Lydda-Tel Aviv line, six miles from the all-Jewish city.
Another ship with Jewish visaless immigrants is reported due to reach Palestine within the next two or three days, according to British naval circles in Haifa.
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