Near East

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4344008586 British troops commandeered a fleet of autos, sped toward Safed, where Arab pillagers Palestine, killed nine Jews, burned much of the city, terrorized thousands. Thirteen British planes circled Jerusalem, dipped over the Mosque of Omar, as a warning against further Arab outbreaks.

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"Near East," Washington Daily News, 31 August 1929. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1929-009. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1929-009

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