Jewish refugees numbering 3,500 streamed into this all-Jewish city today from Jaffa and Tel Aviv suburbs. Another 2,500 refugees are already quartered in private homes.
A first check-up showed that incendiary blazes set by rioting Arabs in Jewish homes in Tel Aviv near the Jaffa border had caused great damage during the night. The flames were extinguished by this morning, with the exception of two houses in the Shapiro quarter of Jaffa that were still burning.
Arabs in Hebron joined Moslems in Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin, Safed and Beisan in declaring a general strike against Jewish immigration and sale of land to Jews, as agitation against the Jews continued today in many parts of the country.
It was definitely established that five Jews were killed in yesterday’s rioting on the Jaffa-Tel Aviv border. Funeral services were held for them today with Acting Mayor Israel Rokach participating and Rabbi Uziel and Isaac Gruenbaum of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
The Great Synagogue here was filled to overflowing with refugees from districts where rioting had been carried on. A black-bordered flag flew at half-staff from the Jewish Agency building.
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