The Communists in Palestine have issued May Day proclamations in which they call upon the Arab peasants and workers to rise and fight against British Imperialism and Zionism. Capitalism is decaying and giving way to Socialism, the proclamations claim, concluding with a demand to the Government to release all political prisoners.
Last year on May Day, the police force in Palestine was mobilised to keep order, and all the streets were strongly guarded. All demonstrations were prohibited. There was a round-up of Communists, 30 being arrested in Tel Aviv alone. One who was arrested in Haifa carrying a bag containing Communist proclamations was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment to be followed by deportation.
No incidents, however, occurred in connection with May Day. Thousands of workers stayed away from work in the towns and colonies. In Tel Aviv the extreme Left attempted a demonstration, but it was dispersed by the police without difficulty. At the Haifa Railway shops 150 workers, 25 percent. of them Arabs , joined in the May Day strike.
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