Jaffa riots, May 1921
TitelJaffa riots, May 1921
Forfatter
Call numberS296.05/001
Objektnummer08098f
UdgivelsesstedCollingwood, Victoria, Australia
UdgiverThe Jewish Quarterly
Udgivelsesår
2021
Pagineringpp88-93
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the journal 'The Jewish Quarterly ' 'The return of history: new populism, old hatreds ' May 2021 Issue 244 pp88-93
Beskrivelse
One of the first violent clashes between Jews and Arabs took place on May 1, 1921 in Neve Shalom. The rivals were communists and the socialist-Zionists of Ahdut HaAvodah. All were Jews. Scuffles broke out between the competing groups. Arabs, mistakenly believing they were being targeted, began looting and attacking Jews. The police lost control. The "Jaffa riots" had begun