ARAB TERRORISTS SHOT AND WOUNDED THE INFLUENTIAL SHEIK OF THE VILLAGE OF LIFTA, WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE INTEREST OF RAGHEB BEY NASHISHIBI, OPPONENT OF THE GRAND MUFTI, AS HE WAS LEAVING THE MOSQUE OF AQFA.
A LARGE GROUP OF TOURISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAD THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH ARAB ROAD GENTRY WHEN FOUR JEWISH-OWNED BUSES IN WHICH THEY WERE TRAVELING WERE HELD UP BY AN ARAB BAND ON THE JENIN ROAD. THE TOURISTS WERE ROBBED BUT OTHERWISE UNHARMED. ONE OF THE BUSES, OPERATED BY THE EGGED COMPANY, WAS DAMAGED.
A JEWISH WATCHMAN, ISAAC KIMMELDORF, WAS SENTENCED BY A HAIFA COURT TO TWO YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR SHOOTING AN ARAB ON MARCH 29 IN SELF DEFENSE.
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