The Arabs boycotted the elections for the Legislative Council in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Tulkeram, Nablus, Beisan and Semak, but participated in the voting in Beer Sheba Gaza and Bethlehem, according to an announcement by the Executive Committee of the Moslem-Christian Union.
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