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Damascus Jews Caught Between Police Orders and Arab Threats

February 26, 1936
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French gendarmes are forcing Jewish and Armenian shopkeepers to open their stores, which have been closed by Nationalists. Meanwhile, Arabs sent threats to the Jews that they would be murdered in their homes if they did not keep their shops closed.

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