Palestine Jewry was aroused today by the desecration of the hallowed Wailing Wall in Jerusalem with excrement. The area surrounding the section of the ancient wall of the Hebrew temple has provided a point of controversy between Arabs and Jews in the past.
Meanwhile, an Arab Mukhtar (village chieftain) was shot dead in Kessaria.
A warning that “the fire of revolt is not yet extinguished” in Palestine and that “it can be renewed by the slightest wind” featured discussions in Arab newspapers on the presence in London of High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope.
The caution is contained in an editorial by Adifaa, influential daily, which together with other Arab newspapers publishes a series of “reminders” to the High Commissioner.
Sir Arthur is reminded that the Arabs oppose a legislative council, that they will not sit at a roundtable with the Zionists, and that the will fight against the entry into Palestine of any more Jews.
The High Commissioner is asked to explain to the British Government that Arabs will rather die than yield and that they will combat any effort to divide Palestine into two parts, one of which would be Jewish.
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