New York Times · 4 July 1936

CP-1936-014

Palestine Bars Arab Press

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“JERUSALEM, July 3 (AP).—All Arabic newspapers in Palestine were under suspension today by the government. Al Liwa and Falastin, the only…”

Context added by this archive

Not one paper this time but every one of them. Eight months after Al Difaa was closed, the Mandate government suspends the entire Arabic press of Palestine, and an American wire reports it in four lines. Al Liwa and Falastin are named.

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"Palestine Bars Arab Press," New York Times, 4 July 1936. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1936-014. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1936-014

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