Complex sentence: When the two processions met, a fistfight erupted, and the Palestine police chased the communists back to Jaffa; hearing of the fighting, the Arabs of Jaffa went on the offensive.
Split into simpler sentences: When the two processions met, a fistfight erupted, and the Palestine police chased the communists back to Jaffa. Hearing of the fighting, the Arabs of Jaffa went on the offensive.