Insidious Propaganda of Arab Press Against Jews and British Continues

Suspension of two Arab newspapers for publication of false news regarding Jews was officially confirmed in a government communique issued tonight, reporting simultaneously the temporary suppression of another Arab paper for inflamatory articles.

The “Meraat El Sharek” of Jerusalem was suspended for one week for the publication on September 17 of false news calculated to arouse racial hatred, first, that acid was thrown by a Jew on two women; second, that Arab boys of Hebron found and ate chocolate left on the ground by Jews and that two boys died at once from the effects of the poison and four were sent to the hospital.

The “Al Jamima Al Arabiya” of Jerusalem was suspended for one week for the publication on September 16 of reports, first, that Jews, proceeding to Hebron in a car to recover their household effects, attacked or attempted to run over a number of Arabs and that the military escorts were Jews in disguise; second, that during the disturbances at Gaza, Jews fired at and threw acid on Arabs from the hotel, until the police threatened to fire upon them; third, that the Jewish flour mills at Jaffa sent 200 bags of flour to Jerusalem and that each bag was found to contain a revolver and 250 cartridges which were confiscated by the police; fourth, that Arab villagers were killed by a bomb thrown from an aeroplane and two men were killed at the village Aquer and two wounded; fifth, that British troops searching in the Sidun village stole money and jewelry belonging to one of the villagers.

The “Annafir” of Haifa was suspended for a fortnight for the publication on September 13 of articles calculated to arouse racial hatred and endanger public security.

The communique further states for general information, that all allegations that food offered for sale had been poisoned proved, on examination by the health officers, to be entirely unfounded.