Arab merchants today rescued David Toach, prominent Jewish banker, from a band of Arab Nationalists who were cruelly beating him for refusing to contribute $250 to the Arab general strike in Palestine.
In the ensuing fight between the attackers and the Jewish banker’s rescuers, one Arab was stabbed to death and three injured.
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