The Archive · 1939

British Troops Search Old City, Jerusalem

Police Post Re-Established — In Mosque of Omar Area

Jerusalem, Jan. 3.

Following reports that the Old City, Jerusalem, had again been re-occupied by a number of terrorists, the military yesterday carried out searches of certain quarters. These, however, re officially di 4 ribed as "routine." A police post was also re-established inside the Mosque of Omar area.

Fakhribey Nasha Shibi, acting Leader of the Palestine Arab National Defence Party, told Reuter that he had sent a petition to Arab kings and princes, urging the dispatch of a Moslem Commission to Palestine to ascertain the extent of the distress caused by the campaign of terrorism during the past three years. In asking for the Commission, Fakhribs states that he is complying with a quest from Moslem widows and or-phons.

Fakhribey has been labelled Enemy Number One" by Arab terrorist chieftains, chiefly because he organized a movement of protest against their activities—Reuter.

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