GROWING STRENGTH OF ARAB ARMY
LONDOX, .Jan. S. The Yorkshire Post 's Jerusalem eor respondent savs the Arabs' laek oi arms is being rapidly repaired by pur ehases outside PalCstine and ;i stoady stream of weapons is being brought aeross the frontiers and distributed Even so, the Arabs are badly anued by comparison with the Jews, wlio Inivt hidden factories turning out rities and fsten guns in large nunibers. The correspondent says the Jews have been unplensantly surprised by Lhe •'Otticieiicy and strength of the Arab organisation, whieh is being directed b\ the Arab Higher Exeeutive uuder the leaderslLi]) of the (iraml .Mul'ti. Its writ rtins throughout Arab Palestiue, and local orders are carried out by distriet committees. The Arab striking force inside the country is the army of the Jihad, oi Arai) Youth 5Iovenieiit, and is 20,000 strong. Every Arai) wlio saw armed servict' during the uar and all ex-nienibers o. the Transjordan Frontier Force and the Arab Eegion'have been called up i'or service with the Jihad. Xational Connnittees ]>roeure unitorins and arms for tliese nien and provide l'unds to run training canips. Two hundred ' ' iire-eating ' ' ottieers from Irak; Syria and Egypt have been iniported by the lligher Exeeutive to direet the training.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1948, Page 5
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