It is generally believed here the Government’s policy offers to Jews and moderate Arabs a long-sought opportunity for a roundtable conference. However, the implicit refusal by the Government to deal with the ex-Mufti would, it was feared, be the occasion for an increase in the terrorism. arab newspapers, which quickly conducted a nationwide canvass of the opinions of arab notables on the statement, summarized Arab opinion as not disheartened by the British Government’s “stubbornness” in not fulfilling the Arab demands but pleased that partition had been abandoned.
Meanwhile, four Jews, including a high official of the telephone company, were wounded in continuing disorders. british troops killed 19 arab rebels in a battle at the village of Irtah, near Tulkarem.
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