Issue 5547 of ad-Defa Newspaper, Jerusalem, 16 May 1954

Printed in Arabic, this document includes issue 5547 of ad-Defa Newspaper for the twenty-first year in a row, issued on Sunday, 16 May 1954 in Jerusalem. It is an illustrated political daily newspaper, owned by Ibrahim Shanti and its official editor, Dr Muhammad ad-Dajani, and sold for 15 fils. This issue includes the headlines as follows:  - Our only guarantee to respond to Israel’s repeated attacks is that we are strong and able to strike terror into the hearts of the Jews, the Minister of Defense confirms that the government is serious about taking practical and effective speeches to provide strong assistance to the National Guard and the intention to allocate a budget shared by all Arab countries to ensure a stable legacy for the protectors of the front lines. - Strengthening the ties between Jordan and Egypt: the efforts of the Egyptian ambassador in Amman to unite ranks. - Demanding Western countries to intervene militarily to suppress border incidents: The Conference of American envoys advises taking new measures to ease tension between Arabs and Jews. - The largest international Islamic conference to be held this year: Zafarullah Khan's contacts on the Jerusalem conference and the Jewish aggression. - New Palestinian refugee camps to accommodate 51,000 refugees, and the UNRWA is asking for an increase of $500,000. - A new aggression in the Hebron area: 40 soldiers attacking some shepherds. - German goods worth 280 million marks to Israel, and the efforts of Arab countries to stop compensation have failed. - It circles the world once every 4 hours: the Soviet Union produces a new plane to carry atomic bombs. In addition to several incidents, local, Arab and international news, as well as social angles and advertising spaces.