Search JTA's historical archive dating back to 1923

Israeli Magistrate Sentences Arab to Eight-month Jail Term for Possession of Arms

July 17, 1949
See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date
Advertisement

Mohammed Mahmoud, an Arab living in the village of Khirbet Zakharia in the Hebron hills, which is in Israeli territory, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment today by an Israeli magistrate here for illegal possession of arms. The defendant claimed he needed the weapons to protect himself against Arab infiltrees.

Recommended from JTA

Advertisement