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Jewish National Home: Encyclopedia II - Riots in Palestine of 1920 - Warning signs

During their annual spring festival Nebi Musa (Prophet Moses), Muslims march from Jerusalem on the road to Jericho to where they believe Moses is buried. In the years predating 1920, these processions were marked by intimidation of Christian communities on their way. After Emir Faisal I had agreed to the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine by signing the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the local leaders of the Palestinian Arab community, among them the Jerusalem Mayor Musa Khazi ...

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Riots in Palestine of 1920, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - Warning signs, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - April 4-7 1920 in the Old City, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - The aftermath

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Jewish National Home: Encyclopedia II - Jaffa riots - The consequences

In his speech on the occasion of royal birthday in June 1921, Samuel stressed the Britain's commitment to the second part of the Balfour Declaration and declared that Jewish immigration would be allowed only to the extent that it did not burden the economy. The Jewish immigration was suspended. The Britain's policy regarding promise to establish Jewish National Home in Palestine, the reason behind the Mandate given them by the League of Nations, has changed by "fixing by the numbers and interests of the present population" the future ...

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Jaffa riots, Jaffa riots - The events, Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath, Jaffa riots - The Investigative Commission report, Jaffa riots - The consequences, Jaffa riots - In Tel Aviv

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Jewish National Home: Encyclopedia II - Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath

Fatalities were: 47 Jews, 48 Arabs. Wounded: 146 Jews, 73 Arabs. After the riots, thousands of Jewish residents of Jaffa fled for Tel Aviv, and were temporarily housed in tent camps on the beach. The newspaper Kuntress whose author and co-editor Joseph Chaim Brenner was one of the victims, published an article Entrenchment: "on May 1 the age of innocence had ended." The British administration has made some arrests. After international outcry, the arrested Jews were acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. The Arab leaders submitted a petition to the League o ...

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Jaffa riots, Jaffa riots - The events, Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath, Jaffa riots - The Investigative Commission report, Jaffa riots - The consequences, Jaffa riots - In Tel Aviv

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Jewish National Home: Encyclopedia II - Riots in Palestine of 1920 - The aftermath

Fatalities: 5 Jews, 4 Arabs. Wounded: 216 Jews (18 critically), 23 Arabs (1 critically), 7 British soldiers. The majority of the victims were old-Yishuv (non-Zionist, and some anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews). About 300 Jews from the Old City were evacuated. After the riots, Storrs visited Menachem Ussishkin, the chairman of the Zionist Commission, to express "regrets for the tragedy that has befallen us," Ussishkin asked, "What tragedy?" "I mean the unfortunate even ...

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Riots in Palestine of 1920, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - Warning signs, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - April 4-7 1920 in the Old City, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - The aftermath

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Jewish National Home: Encyclopedia II - Riots in Palestine of 1920 - April 4-7 1920 in the Old City

During a procession on April 4, 1920, inflammatory anti-Zionist rhetoric led to rioting in Jerusalem. One of the inciters was Hajj Amin al-Husayni, a young nephew of the mayor of Jerusalem, another was the editor of the newspaper Suriya al-Janubia ("Southern Syria") Aref al-Aref, who delivered his speech on horseback. The Arab mob went on to ransack the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, beating anyone ...

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Riots in Palestine of 1920, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - Warning signs, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - April 4-7 1920 in the Old City, Riots in Palestine of 1920 - The aftermath

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Jewish National Home: Encyclopedia II - Jaffa riots - The events

On May 1, 1921, a scuffle began in Tel Aviv-Jaffa between rival groups of Jewish Bolsheviks, carrying Yiddish banners demanding Soviet Palestine, and Socialists parading on May Day. The neighboring Arabs who witnessed the incident, took this opportunity to attack Jewish shops and homes. They were joined by armed Arab policemen. The pogroms continued for seven days and spread as far as Petah Tikva, Kfar S ...

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Jaffa riots, Jaffa riots - The events, Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath, Jaffa riots - The Investigative Commission report, Jaffa riots - The consequences, Jaffa riots - In Tel Aviv

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