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Palestine Police Raid Offices of Revisionist Fund in Tel Aviv

Police in Tel Aviv today raided the offices of the “Keren Tel Hai,” Revisionist fund raising organization, and arrested one employee. No explanation for the raid was given. Meanwhile, a military court here began trying Avtalion Iyov, 23, who is charged with placing explosives in steel boxes in a parking space in Jaffa, which destroyed […]

April 23, 1944
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Police in Tel Aviv today raided the offices of the “Keren Tel Hai,” Revisionist fund raising organization, and arrested one employee. No explanation for the raid was given.

Meanwhile, a military court here began trying Avtalion Iyov, 23, who is charged with placing explosives in steel boxes in a parking space in Jaffa, which destroyed several trucks. When Iyov was picked up in Tel Aviv he had a loaded Italian pistol on him. The accused terrorist is a diamond polisher and a member of a prominent Jerusalem family.

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