FOUR JEWS EXECUTED IN PALESTINE

Grey River Argus, 17 April 1947, Page 5

FOUR JEWS EXECUTED IN PALESTINE

Rec. 10.5) JERUSALEM, April 16. Four Jewish terrorists /including Dov Gruner, were hanged in the Acre prison to-day. Hanged with Gruner were Mordecai Alkoshi, Eliezer Kashani, and David Rosenbaum, who were sentenced for carrying arms and whips on the night when Major Brett and three British n.c.o.’s were flogged. LONDON, April 16. Reuter’s Jerusalem correspondent says: “Palestine’s ’biggest ever’ security measures began this morning with house curfews in Jewish areas of Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Petac.htikvah, and security measures put about'4oo,ooo Jews under house arrest. Armoured cars equipped with loud-speakers awoke the Jews to announce the curfew. RETALIATION FEARED LONDON, April 16. Soon after the executions posters appeared in Tel Aviv with the wording: “A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Soldiers removed the posters. A British United Press correspondent says; General Cunningham called a special meeting of the Executive Council last night and it is believed it was decided in the early hours of this morning that the executions should be carried out. British civilians living outside Jerusalem’s security zone have been advised to move into the safety area as the authorities openly fear Irgun Zvai Leumi retaliation.