A table showing seizure of Arms And Ammunition From Jews, 1936 - 1945 in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 595. Chapter XV: Law and Order : (b) Arms Traffic : Table 6

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the establishments and dumps of the Forces, by theft, by corruption and, in the case of the Irqun. and Stern Group (see below), by armed raids. Large quantities both of arms and ammunition are known to have found their way into the wrong hands by these means.

29. During 1940, in the course of the successful measures against Arab holders of illegal arms, the then General Officer Commanding, General Giffard, interviewed representatives of Jewish organizations and parties and invited the Jewish community to hand in their illegal arms, upon which legalized arrangements would be made for the protection of the community. This invitation was rejected, as was the alternative suggestion that the numbers of arms held by the Jewish community should be stated.

30. Table 6 shows the figures of illegal arms seized from Jews in the period 1st July, 1936 to 31.st December, 1945.

Table 6.

SEIZURES OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION S FROM JEWS.

Period

1/7/36-31/12/36 _ -1~-- - -

1937 -

1938 - 1

1939 -1 - 24

1940 - 5 73

1941 - I _ 116

1942 - ' - 4

1943 1 ; 2 1

194'1 - ' -

1945 - ! 1 I

-11--

I 19 ~ I
I 75 8
33 1 -
43 31 1
17 117 1
51 1 1
30 2 1
81 74 - 1
34 309 2
29 114 2641 -

,047 3,242

,074 1

,519 47

,705 I 77

,175

,!09 2,18G ,09G 653

2 33 210

8 I 185 i 365 I G57' I

I '

12 I 53,128 3,G14

Notable seizures from Jews included :--

(i) A search of Ben Shemen settlement (Lydda District) by police in January, 1940, revealed 27 rifles, 5 sub-machine guns, 8,515 rounds of ammunition, 23 grenades, 38 machine gun magazines, large quantities of explosives, a morse radio transmitter and numerous documents on The subject of firearms and military evolutions, These arms were concealed in well-constructed air tight containers buried under" tiled floor. Eleven persons were arrested, brought to trial and sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment.

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