Mayor Teddy Kollek protested publicly today at police action in arresting some 50 schoolgirls and three of their teachers in an East Jerusalem Arab high school this morning. Kollek made his comment during a municipal council meeting, when news of the arrests reached him.
The Mayor said the police had in the past refrained from entering East Jerusalem schools, and he wanted this restraint to continue. The police said the girls had set up road blocks and burned tires. The high school in question was the Mamuniyeh School in the modern part of East Jerusalem, outside of the Old City walls.
Meanwhile, during the afternoon, some disturbances were reported from schools elsewhere on the West Bank. In Hebron and Ramallah there was virtually no school at all, as pupils stayed away in protest. Shops, however, were generally open for business. The Hebron military governor ordered two local schools closed temporarily because of rioting in them yesterday. At the Bir Zeit college the Palestine flag was hoisted by demonstrating students — but lowered before security forces arrived.
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