TERRORISTS ARRESTED

Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1947, Page 5

TERRORISTS ARRESTED

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Topnotch Jew Caaght In His Bed BIG BRIT1SH C0MB-0UT

By Telegraph

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lieceived Thursdav, 10.50 p.m. LuInEUX, Jan. 9. Twelve members of tlie Irgun Zvai Leuini, stated to include three \'ei\ iniportaut persons, were urrested in a comb-out near Tel Aviv in which a lotal of 18 persons was arrested. Four women were among them. The tolai captured represented the biggest haui of kuown terrorists taken since lasi August when troops com'iied Tel Aviv for four (lavs. The policg' describe oue of the Jews arrested in the comb-out at Tel Aviv as ''a topnotcher of terrorism says the Daily llail's .lerusaiem correspon dent.. The mune is being kept secret and evon the sex is nnknown. The raid vits not a haphazard al'iair. The police with- the .ISixt.h Airborne troopers at dawn went straight after wanted perscms. The ''topnotcher was dragged out of l»ed at 5 a.m. Irgun Zvai l.eumi 's secret broadcast ing station tonight did not conlirni the truce runiour, but Heuter's correspon dent says that a is-honrs' lull has now elansed in the terrorist activily.

The broadcast assevted: ''The Irgun Zvai Leumi sliaii light any Hritisii pian for a settleinent of the Palestine problem even if it is aeceplable to ihe majority of the Jcwisli ageucy. " Thirty Jews are reported to ha\ e raided the Arab village oi' Tubas, 12 niiles from llablus seeking arms burie.i bv Jews who have been captured by tlnArabs, says Reuter's Jerusalem corres|)ondeiiL. T-~e raiders- killed oue Ar.. i aud kidnapped another. The senior ral>bis, including tho Chief lialibi, are believed to have niu tacted the terrorists and calied on tliem to stjip their outrages. It is otticiallv conlirmed that Sir ilenry Dunley, tlie oilicer administer- ' ii g Palestine in the absence of (ieneral ! Sir Aian Cunninghani, has remitted j tlie caning senleuce an Aaron Colien. j "Palestine will never bo divided as| long as there is oue Arab on oarih,''| states the Araliic newspa))er Alwahda ] in an editorial. The newspaper is | sponsored bv Jamal ilusseiui, the vice- j ehairmau of the l>aiestine Arab Iligheri t 'ommittee. Reuter's di])lomatic corresjnmdent sa-vs that the Arab l.eague lias asked Hritain to give the (irand Mutfi oi Jerusalem freedom to return to Pales tiue. The league memorandutn says that now tlie war ltas ended the Mutti should have Tui 1 civic riglits. Britain is unlikely to agree to tlie reUirn "f ihe .Mul'ti. who is al presonl in i!g\"pt. The Prench and Monaco authorities stoyiped a partv of d") Jews, niost'y from 'CV.ochoslovakia. who tried to sail from Monaco in two ships. They had depart ure \isas for Cuba but it is be lieved their actual destination was Palestine. The jiolice announced that they liave arresli'd ,".n Jews l'rom a com munal setllement near Beisan as a rosult of the incident litst niglit at the Arab towu of Tubas when two Arabs and three Jews were liurt in a idash. There are still no complete detaiis nf tln1 incident. but the pniic.e deny that Jews raided the town or tliat an Arab was killed.