Evening star., 1946-06-17
Palestine Police
Seize Jews After
Night Of Terror
Two British Soldiers
Killed, Eight Bridges
Damaged by Blasts
BY the Assoeioted Press

pOpuIdC1On OF Cne jewish SETTLE
ment of Beth Haavara was re-
ported arrested by Palestine
police after a night of wide
spread terror during which two
British soldiers were killed by
Arab marchers and eight high
way and railway bridges were
damaged by blasts.
An official police statement
blamed Jewish terrorists for the
bridge explosions.
The report of the mass arrest
OF Beth Haavara residents, al
though unconfirmed officially by
police, was received from reliable
sources. This report said that dogs
led the police from the Allenby
Bridge across the Jordan, one of
those damaged, to the small COL
lective settlement on the Dead Sea
shore. 1t was understood that
:, British Army unit surrounded the
village and carried out a complete
search.
Offer Passive Resistance.
Some residents of the little Jew
ish community were reported to
have offered passive resistance"
against the searchers, resulting in
a minor clash in which two Jews
were injured. All persons found in
the village were reported brought to
a prison here for further investi-
cation.
Meanwhile, the army and police
continued a concerted search of all
, villages along the Palestine from
:, tier in the vicinity of the damaged
bridges.
-Four highway and four railway
:: bridges, including the important AL
.lenby Bridge on the main highway
linking Palestine and Transjordania,
were made impossible, the police
said.
The body of one Jew and parts
of the body of another were found
near damaged railway bridge near
the village of Azzib, which was at
tackled by armed Jews dressed in
military uniform" a police state
ment asserted.
Bridge Blown Up.
zone part of the attackers engaged
the police post, while another party
blew up the bridge" the statement
said. "Close to Azzib village itself
number of mines and BOBBY traps
were found"
The Holy Land was stirred by a
Jewish underground radio report
that British authorities were plan
ming to deport Zionist leaders, and
the Jewish agency urged the estab-
lishment of a Jewish state in Pales-
tine as the only lasting solution of
the Palestine problem.
The underground broadcast said
British authorities had prepared a
list of several thousand Jewish
leaders who would either be de-
ported or imprisoned ''if the situa-
ton in Palestine takes a more seri-
Gus turn" It asserted the list in
cluded 10 members of the Jewish
Agency Executive Committee as well
as the mayor of Tel Aviv and teach
ers at the Hebrew University.
Broadcast Not Published.
The broadcast was not published
in Palestine newspapers because
censorship forbids mention of THE
Voice of Israel" the underground
radio.
(1'he British Foreign Office in
London said it had no knowledge
of any plan for deporting Zion
lists and characterized the broad
cast as "a part of the acrino-
nious propaganda war being
waged by both Jews and Arabs.D
Adding to the nights excitement
were fireworks and huge professions
throughout Palestine by Arabs
winding up their third night of
celebrations over the reported es-
cape of the Mufti of Jerusalem.
Arabs Attack Vehicle.
Police said one British soldier
was killed and two others were
injured, one fatally, when Arabs
attacked passengers in a British
Army vehicle near GAIA Parka.
The second soldier died at a, hos
pital.
The vehicle ran into an Arab pro-
cession, injuring several marchers,
the police said. The Arabs then
attacked the vehicle.
The Jewish agency proposal for
Palestine was contained in a state
ment forwarded to the British and
American governments in response
to their request for the agency's
reaction to the British-American
Inquiry Committees recent report
on the Palestine problem.
The agency's statement urged that
"the authorities carry out with the
utmost dispatch the committee S
recommendations that 100000 jew
ish victims of Nazi and Fascist per-
secution be permitted Immediately
to enter Palestine