Evening Star · 24 August 1931
CP-1931-007
Arab Strike Protests Jewish Town Armories
British Officer and Six in Mob Injured in Clash at Nabulus.
By the Associated Press, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERUSALEM, August 24.—Protesting against the use of sealed armories in outlying Jewish villages, the entire Arab population of Palestine was on strike today and authorities feared disturbances. Military authorities have taken charge in Nabulus, where a British police officer and six Arabs were injured in a clash last night. The Arabs hurled stones at the police and the latter fired on their aggressors when they refused to disperse. Armored cars and troop reinforcements have been sent for to patrol the district. There has been rioting there for several days and a few demonstrators have been arrested, but the country as a whole has been quiet. The Arab executive called the strike, the Jewish Telegraph Agency said, after the government had supplied isolated villages with armories for their protection.”
Context added by this archive
The entire Arab population of Palestine on strike, in one sentence, in 1931 — thirty-three years before the PLO. The organization that called it is named: the Arab executive. The paper calls the stone-throwers aggressors and sources the whole thing to the Jewish Telegraph Agency.
Cite this item
"Arab Strike Protests Jewish Town Armories," Evening Star, 24 August 1931. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1931-007. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1931-007
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