According to Haolom, there are at least fifty Jewish girls in the Bethlehem jail, and it urges that something must be done for the victims of police brutality.
TACTICS CAUSED RIOT
Hunting for illegal immigrants seems to have assumed the proportions of a major industry in Palestine, with low types of police informers exceedingly active in catching illegal entrants for the miserable reward of a few shillings.
Palestine Arabs have joined gleefully in the game, denouncing Jews as illegal immigrants on the slightest pretext. Thus a number of native-born Palestinian Jews were arrested and freed later.
At least one major riot in Tel Aviv several months ago was the direct outcome of the hunt for illegal immigrants, when Revisionist youths climaxed a protest meeting against police activities by marching through the city’s streets. When they clashed with police, bystanders joined in and it was hours before fighting ended.
TRIBESMEN ENLISTED
Recently the Palestine Arab Youth Federation announced the organization of special squads of young Arab volunteers to patrol roads adjacent to the Palestine frontiers to spy on and capture illegal Jewish immigrants.
Even Beduin tribesmen, known for their ruthless ferocity and lawlessness, are being mobilized by the Federation to watch the borders.
Beduins in the Tiberias and Beisan areas are being promised rewards for every Jewish man or woman they catch.
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