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U.S. Clergyman Back from Palestine Testifies Mufti Massed Armed Attackers

September 24, 1929
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Substantiation of the charges that the Grand Mufti massed the Arab attackers on the fatal Friday of August 23, was brought out by the Rev. Donald G. Barnhouse, Christian clergyman, who just returned from Palestine.

In an interview with the “Jewish World” here, Rev. Barnhouse gave the information that the Grand Mufti housed 2,000 trained Bedouins, who knew how to use rifles, in the court of the Mosque of Omar on the day of the outbreak in Jerusalem. He himself saw them hidden and was warned not to enter for fear that he might be mistaken for a Jew, Rev. Barnhouse declared, expressing his conviction that the Mufti planned the outbreaks. Rev. Barnhouse had an interview with the Grand Mufti and was photographed with him.

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