The Hebron massacre of 1929

This is the first of 3 posts I intend to write regarding the Nakba and the current push of the Palestinians for UN recognition of a Palestinian state. So, you may ask, "Why is this one about 1929?"

We actually have a 92-year-old Palestinian woman to thank for making this connection. Click here to watch a short video (about 1.5 minutes) of an interview with her (in Arabic, with English subtitles).

Notice how the interviewer keeps trying to talk to her about the Nakba (the "catastrophe") of 1948, whereas SHE keeps wanting to talk about murdering the Jews like her father did in 1929!

In 1929 there was NO Jewish state, the Jews were still a minority in this area, and the British were the colonial power in charge. Based on fabricated rumors, Arabs rioted in Hebron (and several other places, as well, including Tsfat!) and brutally murdered Jews -- men, women, and children -- in cold blood. It's also worth noting here that the Jewish communities attacked were ones that had been here for hundreds of years, long BEFORE the Arabs were. In other words, there is NO way that this could be construed as attacks on "foreigners" or "new immigrants" or "colonizers".

Did the British punish the Arabs? Well, while some WERE arrested, tried, and convicted, the major reaction was that the British caved in to the Arab demands and, in particular, severely limited the number of Jews that were allowed to immigrate here (and thereby escape the coming Holocaust in Europe).

For more information about the Hebron massacre, I suggest checking out the Wikipedia article about it and also some of the external links at the end of the article.