The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 60)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 60)

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Muslim demonstration the next day near the wall, On the 17th August, a
fight developed between an Arab and a Jew in Jerusalem, during which
the Jew was stabbed. This incident brought the Arabs and Jews to the
place of the fight and another clash took place resulting in injuries to 11
Jews and 15 Arabs. There were renewed clashes on the 21st August,
when a Jewish demonstration took place as a result of the fatal stabbing
on the 17th August. This was followed by an Arab demonstration on the
23rd August. On the 24th August, 1929, a clash occurred in the Hebron
between Arabs and Jews. A large number of Jews were killed. A revenge
attack on a mosque in the town by the Jews caused considerable damage.
The town of Nablus remained quiet at the beginning of the uprising,
but on the 23rd August, when news came of clashes in Jerusalem, a
crowd attacked the police station and two Arabs were shot by police. In
Haifa, clashes and riots were reported between Arabs and Jews in the
town. In Jaffa the police dispersed Arab crowds who gathered on the
Jaffa - Tel Aviv border. However, the Jews forced their way to the town
of Jaffa and killed the Imam of a mosque and six other worshipers.
Military reinforcements arrived in the country from abroad, and the
government was able to put an end to the clashes.
Over one thousand persons were tried on charges relating to the riots
of August 1929; more than 90% of these were Arabs. The courts
confirmed twenty-six death sentences, twenty five of which were Arabs
and only one a Jew. »
On 14th September 1929 the British government announced that a
special commission under the chairmanship of colonial judge Sir Walter
S. Shaw would go to Palestine to inquire into the causes of the Arab
uprising. It arrived in Palestine on the 14th June 1930. The commission
found that the causes were mainly the Arab political and economic fears
30 A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History. p.145

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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