Twelve persons who were arrested on February 10th. during the disturbance at Mr. Norman Bentwich’s inaugural lecture at the Hebrew University on taking up his post as Weizmann Professor of International Peace, were put on trial to-day.
Dr. Perkson, a member of the Jewish Agency Executive, who was present during the disturbances, is one of the witnesses called for the prosecution.
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