Ben Avi, prominent Jewish newspaperman and editor of the “Palestine Weekly,” was today fined $25 for publishing a supplement to his paper in the form of a booklet that contained an open letter to the High Commissioner regarding the suppression of the Hebrew daily, “Doar Hayom.” The booklet had criticized the censorship regulations prevailing during the riots.
The charge against him was that he had not obtained permission to print the supplement in the first place and in the second it was published in Hebrew while the “Palestine Weekly” is published in English and in the third place it had been published in Tel Aviv instead of in Jerusalem. Keith Roach, former district commissioner for Jerusalem, was called as a witness. Although he protested the court ruled that he must give evidence.
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