Abdul Ghani Tabek, the Arab messenger who last Sunday shot and wounded Norman Bentwich, Attorney-General of Palestine, declared that he was incited to his act by articles appearing in the Arab press.
As an inveterate reader of the Arab newspapers, he knows the Arab regard Bentwich as their greatest enemy. Therefore he decided to take revenge Tabek asserted.
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