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Jaffa riots, May 1921
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Jaffa riots, May 1921
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS296.05/001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08098f
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]The Jewish Quarterly
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2021
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp88-93
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'The Jewish Quarterly ' 'The return of history: new populism, old hatreds ' May 2021 Issue 244 pp88-93
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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