The Palestinian Telegraphic Agency has investigated the report from Jerusalem to the anti-Zionist London “Daily Express” concerning fighting between Arabs and Jews at the tomb of Simeon the Just, in which many Jews were reported wounded.
According to the investigation, on June 9th, during a festival held annually at the grave, ##n Arab insulted a Jew. They both engaged in a fight, with the result that both were wounded. The police intervened, took them to the police station and afterwards to the hospital. The celebration, after their departure, continued quietly.
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