Evening star., 1947-12-05
BY the Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Dec. 5.-A dou-
BILE Arab attack on the Jewish
city of Tel Aviv broke the Mos
lem Sabbath calm shortly after
noon today and plunged Pales-
tine into a fourth day of fight
ing in which A persons, 81 of
them Jews, have been killed.
Hundreds were among the
wounded Damage mounted into
the millions.
Arab mobs struck at the Hatikvah
and Zablawi quarters of Tel Aviv a
few minutes after Moslem congrega-
tions streamed from mosques in
neighboring Jaffa.
Hatikvah, the first target, was
raked by gunfire which was returned
by Hagana, the Jewish underground
defense force. One Jew was known
dead and another was wounded.
Five minutes later shots started
pouring into the zablawi quarter
homes of Jewish eX-servicemen.
Arab Beaten to Death.
An Arab was reported unofficially
to have been beaten to death by
Jews, who found him carrying a
bomb on the Moghrabi Square in
the center of Tel Aviv Another
Arab was reported killed by bomb
tossed by Jews into his garage at
Haifa during the morning.
While the fight waxed on in the
Jaffa-Tel Aviv border area, Jeru-
salem appeared for the most part
quiet. Reports from Natanya, on the
coastal plain where Jewish settle;
ments lie next to Arab villages
said Arabs were returning to work
after q three-day strike and were
not demonstrating.
British troops still were at theil
posts throughout Palestine.
At Haifa, a Jewish civilian EN-.
ploye of the British Army, Mosht
Weisbrot, was felled by machine.
gun fire while attempting to resist
two men of unknown nationality
who entered an Office demanding
money. Another man, j. G. Hall
was shot in the thigh.
The Moslem Sabbath gave tht
Holy Land a night of silent, suller
peace, but dawn broke On a war
like scene of rolling armor, gun!
and deploying British troops.
Church-going Arab crowds ira
versed lanes of Khaki and machine
loaded with soldiers and policemen
alerted for possible new Arab out
breaks against the imminent par
tition of Palestine.
1--WE got new orders last night,
one army officer said. To-day WI
are taking no nonsense.
Battle-plating was installed IL
army vehicles during the night ant
fire power was augmented. Tear ga
bombs were issued to all securit.
forces.
A highway curfew stopped al
civilian vehicles between Jerusalem
and Hebron to the south, and be-
tween Jerusalem and Ramallah tt
the north.
Traffic Is Conveyed.
Armored cars, ordered to shoot l.
necessary, conveyed essential traffic
between the Holy City and th'
coastal hot corner of Tel Aviv ane
neighboring Jaffa.
Police relnforcements started NOV
ing into the curfewed no-man's lane
between Jerusalem's Jaffa gate ane
the Princess Mary avenue approach
to the modern part of the city.
I'VE have been tipped it's coming,
a policeman commented. This ont
will be rough
Arab sources said volunteers wer'
flocking to the Arab standard IL
many Middle Eastern states today
and vague rumors circulated con
corning a possible Arab invasion O
Palestine to fight the Jews ant
prevent scheduled partition of tn
Holy Land.
Leaders of the principal tribes O
Syria met in Damascus and Offered
the services of their warriors. Re
ports from the rugged mountain
area on the Syrian-Palestine bor
der said whole villages of Arab
were enlisting for "an invasion.
Other dispatches said kurdish
tribesmen throughout the Aral
world were eager to participate il
an Arab uprising.
Premier Salih Bey el Jabur O
Iraq flew from Baghdad to Amman
for conference with Premier
Samir Rafai Pasha of Trans-Jordan
There was no formal substantial
ton of the invasion rumors from
any Arab official, but Abdel Rahmar
Azzam Pasha, secretary general o.
the seven-nation Arab League, made
(See PALESTINE, Page A-6D