Excitement has reigned throughout the Arab and Jewish communities of Palestine as the events of the last three days, created a situation of uncertainty.
On Monday two more Jews were attacked by Arabs. One was stoned while walking on the Ramlah Road in Jerusalem and another was seriously wounded in the Nachlath Shimon quarter. Twenty persons were wounded in Jerusalem during Sunday. The majority of the wounded were Jews, some were Arabs. All these were minor cases of assault.
Due to the excitement which prevailed in Jerusalem Saturday and Sunday, many Arabs who are employed in Jewish quarters did not report for work.
In some villages in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, groups of Fellaheen held public meetings where plans for attacking the Jewish suburbs were discussed.
At the Jaffa Mosque and the Moslem youth club, meetings were held where the speakers instigated the Moslems against the Jews in connection with the Wailing Wall matter. Anti-Jewish propaganda also filled the pages of the Arab press.
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