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Palestine Set to Form Immigration Control Commission; Brigandage Resumed

October 12, 1937
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THE PALESTINE GOVERNMENT, IT WAS LEARNED TODAY, IS CONTEMPLATING THE IMMEDIATE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL IMMIGRATION COMMISSION OF NINE MEMBERS COMPRISING JEWS, ARABS AND BRITONS IN EQUAL NUMBER TO STUDY THE COUNTRY’S CAPACITY TO ABSORB IMMIGRANTS AND REGULATE JEWISH IMMIGRATION.

A RESUMPTION OF BRIGANDAGE WAS REPORTED TODAY ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER AS SIX ARMED ARABS HELD UP AND ROBBED SEVEN AUTOMOBILES IN THE SECTION KNOWN AS NO MAN’S LAND NEAR RAS-EL-NAKURA ON THE SYRIAN BORDER.

TWENTY-FOUR ARABS WERE ARRESTED IN RAMLEH ON CHARGES OF BEING MEMBERS OF A “BLACKHAND” TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. IN HEBRON, POLICE WERE PRESSING A SEARCH FOR THE LOCAL MUFTI (MOSLEM RELIGIOUS LEADER) WHO HAD ESCAPED.

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