HC Deb 14 June 1938 vol 337 cc58-9W
Mr. T. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information to give the House as to the position of affairs in Palestine?

Mr. M. MacDonald

I propose to deal with this subject in the course of the Debate on the Colonial Office Vote. With the hon. Member's permission I will defer my reply until then.

Mr. Mander

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the number of British subjects, military, police, and civilian, who have been killed or wounded in Palestine during the last six months, and the number of Arabs arid Jews?

Mr. M. MacDonald

Following are the statistics of casualties in Palestine from the 1st December, 1937, to 31st May, 1938:

Killed. Wounded.
British:
(a) Military 8 21
(b) Police 3 7
(c) Civilians 1 1
Arabs:
(a) Police, Supernumeraries and Watchmen 19 24
(b) Civilians 71 95
Jews:
(a) Police and Supernumeraries 9 17
(b) Civilians 21 84

In addition to the Arab civilians mentioned above, 67 Arab terrorists are known to have been killed in encounters with military and police, and approximately 100 more are believed to have been killed.

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