Capt. Ben-Ahron, a Palestinian serving with the British Army, who addressed a meeting of the Palestine Jewish National Assembly on Nov. 14, was summoned to police headquarters on Wednesday, and has not yet returned, it was learned today.
It is believed that Ben-Ahron, who, in his address before the Assembly, decided that the Jewish settlers had fired upon British troops during last week’s disturbances, has been detained by the military authorities on a charge of having made a public address while still a member of the armed forces. The captain was one of the first volunteers from Palestine to Join the British forces. He fought in Crete, where he was captured by the Germans and held prisoner until after V-E Day.
A protest against the arrest of the head of the Rishpon settlement during the disturbances there was registered here today by the Association of Jewish Mukhtars (settlement heads) of the southern district. Association members threaten to resign unless he is released.
Jewish supernumerary police who were arrested at Givat Haim last week, were released today, but they have been dismissed from their positions.
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