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Bombings Mark End Of Truce In PalestineBY ELIAV SIMONUnited Press Staff Correspondent Jerusalem, Jan. 2. —(LPI— Two pamphlet bombs exploded in Jerusalem late today, marking the end of a shaky truce which brought peace to the Holy Land during the Zionist congress in Basel and the Christmas holidays.The explosion of the bombs in south Jerusalem soon after sunset showered the neighboring streets with announcements by Irgun Zval Leumi that its 21-day truce with the Stern gang had ended.The renewal of violence came soon after British troops had searched the town of Rehovot for suspects in the flogging of four British soldiers last Sunday.Red Devils of the sixth airborne division cordoned off Rehovot, Palestine's biggest single concentration of Yemenite Jews, fnd in a house to house search rounded up 6,000 persons who were questioned in the Sunday flogging.Pour men who had whips which might have been used In the flogging were held. The four Britons who were lashed In retaliation for the flogging of a legally convicted Jew accompanied the searchers today.End TruceThe truce In the Jewish underground's campaign of violence was ended ‘'officially” by an Irgun Zval Leumt statement calling for renewed action and denouncing the U. 8. government for giving what it called only Up service” to the Zionists. 1' At the- same time Jamaf ifuiseinl. acting chairman of the Arab higher committee, announced that an .Arab congress toould convene in Jerusalem. It will take up secret j decisions calling for action*' of unspecified nature which were reached jit a recent Arab meeting in Cairo.Husseinl said the proposed congress would be preceded by a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo in connection with the resumption of the London conference on Palestine, expected late this month.Husseinl described the Cairo decisions as of a very serious nature, constituting a turning point In the Arab program.”Reject If. S, Appeal The clandestine Irgun radio broadcast a rejection of an appeal by Joseph Clark Baldwin, head of the American political action committee for Palestine, to suspend the campaign of violence. In bitter terms Irgun condemned the American government for what it called only empty promises of help. j Mr. Baldwin, we regret not being able to comply with your appeal,” the irgun broadcast said. On promises—even the most respectable —we cannot rely any more.What our tormented fighting people need is real help and when this is ■ not coming, no other way is left to its sons than to help themselves and rely on Odd, their fighting spirit and readiness of sacrifices, You promise the help of the United States government for our just cause. But the American government had had too many occasions to help a people in agony and compel the British—dependents on its goodwill—to give back the home which they robbed from us.Lip Service”However, your government satisfied itself with Up service declarations of sympathy—1'recommendations' which accompanied millions of our brethren on their wanton march to gas chambers and sons of Israel on their way to British concentration ‘ camps In Eritrea, Latrun and Cyprus.”The Irgun broadcast then referred to a new oil agreement between American and British companies.While it is premature to foresee its general International rcprecus-siona,” the broadcast said, “one thing is sure: in every barrel of oil which your standard and Socony companies will get from the Angio-Iranian company there will be at least one drop of Jewish blood.”
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Freeport Journal Standard
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Thu, Jan 02, 1947
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