Police announced tonight that a number of “suspected terrorists” had been arrested today during searches in various parts of Jerusalem.
“The Voice of Israel,” underground radio of the Jewish resistance movement, meanwhile, charged that the official Government account of an attack on an Arab Legion camp near Biriya on Friday was an “absolute fabrication” and a “provocation.” Twenty-five Jews were arrested following the alleged raid.
The broadcast denied that any attack had been made and asserted that no Legionnaire had been wounded. The truth of the matter, according to the radio, was that a quarrel occurred between Palestine police and Arab Legionnaires, and that the latter had attempted to pin the blame on the Jews. The broadcast reiterated that all three resistance groups were working together in a united front and that none of them had taken part in any such operation.
Led by the wives and mothers of five Palestine Arabs captured in Germany, several hundred Arab women yesterday staged a protest march through the old city here to demand the repatriation of all Arab exiles, including Haj Amin El Husseini, the Grand Mufti. Women speakers urged Palestine Arab leaders not to cooperate with the Anglo-American Inquiry Committee unless the exiles are released. The countrywide general strike called by the Palestine Arab Higher Committee in protest against the reported removal of the five Arabs passed quietly.
It was learned today that the editors of the Palestine Hebrew press refused an offer by the Palestine Government to arrange for two representatives of the Jewish papers to cover the Cairo hearings of the inquiry committee. The editors said that the position of the Hebrew press in Palestine entitled it to send more correspondents to Cairo. The Palestine Government Information Office, which handled the press arrangements, alleged that the inquiry group was opposed to any additional representation for the Jewish publications.
The committee is expected here on Wednesday, but will not start work until Friday. On Thursday a reception in honor of the inquiry body will be arranged by the High Commissioner. Jewish and Arab leaders have been invited.
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