Terror has flared up again in Palestine after an interval of about six months during which there was comparative quiet in the country. Explosions occured late last night in the center and cutskirts of Tel Aviv, in the German settlement of Sarona and near the central police station in Jaffa. No casualties have been reported.
The new wave of terrorist activities came on the heels of a statement issued yesterday by Palestine police in which they charged “there is still a section of the population which is interested in promoting discord in the country.” The police said that communication lines and government property have been sabotaged in recent days said that leaflets warning people to keep away from all government buildings have been widely circulated. The leaflets are usually a prelude to bombings.
Three men and one woman were apprehended this week in a truck carrying explosives and mortar bombs, the statement said, adding that locally manufactured mortars were found in an orange grove near Tel Aviv. Telegraph poles in the vicinity of Petach Tikvah and Tel Aviv were mined, it said.
The housing shortage is also causing trouble with homeless persons attempting to break into vacant premises. In Tel Aviv, yesterday, a group of refugees and ex-servicemen invaded seven bridge clubs. Clashes resulted when they were removed from several of the clubs.
The Arab newspaper Adifea reports today that 28 Zionists who were trying to cross into Palestine from Syria were caught at the border. They were sentenced to one month’s imprisonment and fined 200 Syrian pounds.
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