Dr. Ticho, the famous Jewish eye specialist here has been invited by the emir Abdullah to Amman, the capital of Transjordan, to treat his father, the octagenarian ex-King Hussein, who is now staying there as his guest.
Dr. Ticho has lived in Palestine for over 25 years, and is extremely popular with all sections of the population. He has given free treatment to hundreds of Arabs, and numbers many Arabs as his friends. In November 1929, when Palestine was still in a state of disquiet, after the August outbreak, and a number of attacks were being still made on Jews in various parts of the country, (the attempt on Mr. Norman Bentwich was made a few days later) Dr. Ticho was tabbed by a young Arab outside his surgery, and was in hospital for several weeks. The Arab organ “Felestin” published a condemnation of the outrage, and offered a reward of £25 for information leading to the arrest of Dr. Ticho’s assailant “to show what our attitude is to such assailants”. A young Christian Arab employed in the Palestine Post Office service was arrested.
When a number of prominent Jews in Palestine connected with the Brith Shalom movement collected signatures to a petition to the Palestine Government to pardon the Arabs who had been sentenced to death for murdering Jews during the August outbreak, Dr. Ticho and his wife were stated to be among the first signatories.
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