Jerusalem, May 31.
Climaxing a series of daring outages, terrorists today invaded the home of Fakhri Nasha Shibi, leader Gf the Defence Party, in Bethlehem and shot him dead, The assassination is believed to be due to the decision of the Defence Party, which met yesterday under the chairmanship of the slain Arab leader, to accept the British proposals Tegarding Palestine as a basis for negotiation.
The meeting voted in favour of compromise after a speech by the chairman condemning terrorism. "Nasha Shibi only returned recently from Egypt, whither he fled for re-inge some time ago when threatened With death by terrorists.
Among the latest outrages committed by terrorists in the Holy Land are the bombing of a cinema in Jerusalem, resulting in injuries to 18 persons; ambushing of an Arab party "near Jaffa, resulting in the death of four women and one man; and the explosion of a boris in the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, causing injuries to two Arabs—Reuter,
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