A statement to the effect that the arrest of a number of young Arabs in Gaza has greatly excited the Arab population there and that it indicates that the government is provoking riots by its actions, was published yesterday by a group of Arab young men headed by Ahmed Shukeiri, the son of the prominent sheik of Acre.
The statement warns the government that if it does not stop its present policy, a revolt is inevitable. In the meantime, the Arab paper “Meraat Al Schark,” published in Jerusalem, and edited by Ichram Saitar, leader of the Arab youth group, announces that the “faithful Arab youth have organized a defence army in order to tour the villages and towns to awaken a national feeling, to encourage the Arabs to retain their lands and to support Arab products.”
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