The dispute between Jewish colonists of Hedera and neighboring Bedouins called forth the intervention of the government of Palestine in an effort to stop the skirmishes which occurred daily during the past few days whenever the Jewish settlers started to plough the land.
A high police official arrived in Hedera yesterday from Jerusalem bringing an order from the High Commissioner that until the court decides the dispute between the Jews and the Bedouins over the land, all cultivation of hitherto uncultivated land shall cease. Land cultivated by the colonists before the dispute may continue to be tended; land cultivated by the Bedouins before the dispute may be tended by them. The disputed zone must be left alone, the High Commissioner ordered.
The government’s order has met with the resentment of the Jewish colonists as they claim that they are in possession of deeds on all the land in the disputed zone, having held it for the past forty years.
A joint meeting of all Jewish representative organizations in Jerusalem was called for Thursday to consider the question.
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