Remarking that the Inquiry Commission now sitting in Palestine to investigate the August riots has had put before it a striking picture of the Palestine regime before the disturbance the “Hapoel Hatzair,” a Hebrew paper, has some several critical remarks to make about the Palestine government since the riots.
Charging that before the riots the government “disliked governing,” “Hapoel Hatzair” asks whether “today, can we say that the government at this very moment desires to govern? The present government knows full well the names of the officials who have failed in their duty. Have these Sheiks been brought to trial? No, they both continue their own games. That is not the blackest side of the picture. The Arab press today uses language which it did not dare to use before the disturbances. Rioters are made heroes. Despite all the ordinances and administrative measures the government has at its command it appears to be powerless to combat the boycott which is being levelled against the entire community. Threats against Jews and the government pass unchecked. The foreign press talks about Arab preparations for further riots, about smuggling of arms and about the arming of Arabs. Street demonstrations are continued. The government does nothing.”
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