Three labor Zionist leaders today were sentenced to six months’ internment in the Acre concentration camp in connection with Jewish manifestations against the land regulations. They were sentenced by administrative order, without court trial. They are Nemirovsky, Krassner and Sirkin. The latter is president of the Hapoel Sports Organization.
The Palestine Chief Rabbinate today ordered prayers throughout the country for lifting of the land ordinance.
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