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Many supporters of hamas and Palestinians have consistently said that the Israeli-Arab (Palestine) conflict start in 1948. They went as far as saying that Israelis who due to the fact that the place region was named Mandate Palestine can be called Palestinian Jews and their Arab neighbours called Palestinian Arabs lived in peace until 1948.

Let us take a look at the above, while yoy decide for yourself the truth in their claims

1660 SAFED & TIBERIAS POGROMS

In 1660, serious violence erupted between the pro-Ottoman Druze and Druze rebels. Though the Jewish community was not involved, the local Arabs used the unrest as an opportunity to massacre the local Jewish population of Safed; similarly, the Druze enacted a pogrom against the Jewish population of Tiberias.


1834 HEBRON & SAFED POGROMS

In 1834, in the midst of the Peasants’ Revolt in Palestine, an Egyptian army general launched an assault against Hebron to eliminate the last pockets of resistance. The assault succeeded. However, despite the fact that the Jews of Hebron had not been involved in the revolt, the army chose to attack the Jewish community, indiscriminately raping and slaughtering Jews. In the end, 12 Jews were killed, including 5 young girls. Ancient synagogues were desecrated and Jewish homes were ransacked. Jewish assets were also stolen, leaving the community destitute for years to come. The violence united the local Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities. The Jews referred to the massacre as “the great destruction.”

In Safed, a 33-day-long massacre took place at the hands of the local Arabs who took advantage of the power vacuum. Historians believe that the antisemitic rants of a local Muslim cleric named Muhammad Damoor were a factor in inciting the violence, with some suggesting that the pogrom was premeditated. For example, he had stated earlier that year: “true believers [will] rise up in just wrath against the Jews, and despoil them of their gold and their silver and their jewels.”

1838 SAFED RIOT

Just four years after the 1834 Safed pogrom, the local Arabs and Druzed once again attacked the Jewish community of Safed. Notably, in 1837, an earthquake had already destroyed the Jewish section of town and killed thousands.

Describing the 1838 violence, a Jewish doctor wrote: “We huddled together in Rebbe Avraham Dov's house...The women were hysterical and the children crying. The Rebbe asked me to write a note in Arabic to the mayor, pleading with him not to forsake us in this desperate time. I did so, but his answer was mere lip service...”

The rioters believed that the Jews had hidden treasures, so they plundered the Jewish quarters for 3 days. Only a few Arabs offered the local Jews protection. Though thankfully there were no fatalities, the riot prompted virtually the entire Jewish community to flee the city.

1920 NEBI MUSA RIOTS

Due to the changing geopolitical landscape of the Middle East (e.g. the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Sykes-Picot agreement between the United Kingdom and France) and the influx of Jewish immigrants and refugees into Palestine, local Arab leaders began escalating Arab-Jewish tensions. In March of 1920, a widespread demonstration against the Jews of Palestine resulted in the looting of businesses and Arab attacks against Jews. Rioters carried antisemitic slogans, including “Palestine is our land and the Jews are our dogs!” and “de@th to Jews!”
Worried, the Jewish community appealed to the British for protection, but the request was denied. Jewish groups then began arming themselves and practicing self-defense.

On April 4th, during the Nebi Musa festival, 60,000-70,000 Arabs congregated in Jerusalem and some began attacking Jews. Amin al-Husayni, the British-appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (who later became a Nazi-sympathizer), delivered a virulently antisemitic speech. A riot broke out, with Arabs completely ransacking the Jewish Quarter and desecrating and burning Torah scrolls. Jews were raped and murdered, and the British were extremely slow to respond, only restoring order 4 days later.


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1929 HEBRON & SAFED MASSACRES

During the British Mandate, Jews had virtually no control of Jewish holy sites, including the Kotel, also known as the Western Wall, the holiest site where we are currently allowed to pray. On Yom Kippur, 1928, the Jews — with the permission of the British — put up a barrier at the Kotel to separate the men and women praying. The barrier was only meant to stay up for 25 hours. Though the Kotel has no significance in Islam, this infuriated the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He instructed Muslims to disrupt Jewish prayer at the Kotel in any way they could. Rumors spread that the Jews were trying to take control of Temple Mount, which escalated tensions and resulted in antisemitic violence, including a stabbing.

In August of 1929, the Haganah offered protection to the Jewish community of Hebron, a mixed Ashkenazi-Sephardi community. The community, largely religious and apolitical, refused, as they believed that the Arabs would only target Zionists. Unfortunately, the opposite happened. The local Arabs offered to spare the Sepharadim of Hebron if they gave up the Ashkenazim; the Sepharadim refused. As such, 67-69 Jews were brutally massacred. The descriptions of the violence are hard to read: a boy’s head was torn off, a 7-year-old was tied to a door and tortured for hours on end, women were raped, many were mutilated, and 7 men were castrated. Out of 20,000 Arabs in the city, only 28 families protected Jews, at great risk to themselves. The survivors were evacuated by the British. Historian Hillel Cohen considers the 1929 Hebron Massacre the true beginning to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, marking the point of no return in the complete disintegration of Jewish-Arab relations. The pogrom united the various Jewish communities of Palestine under the Zionist cause, as they realized that no matter where they stood politically, the Arabs would target them anyway.

1936 JAFFA RIOTS

On April 15, 1936, followers of an antisemitic Syrian preacher shot 3 Jewish men, with only one surviving. In response, members of the Irgun shot two Arabs. By the 17th of April, violence between the Jews and the Arabs escalated.

On April 19th, the unfounded blood libel that “many Arabs had been killed by Jews” resulted in an Arab attack against the Jews of Jaffa. A mob attacked Jewish businesses, and Jews were killed in the streets.

Jews were mercilessly stabbed and beaten. Jewish businesses were destroyed. The rioting lasted 3 days until it was suppressed by the British military. 9 Jews were killed. 12,000 Jews fled Jaffa; many then had to stay in refugee camps. As a result of the violence, the Jews of Jaffa demanded that their neighborhoods be incorporated into Tel Aviv, which would offer them greater protection.

1938 TIBERIAS POGROM

During the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt, 70 armed Arab rioters entered a Jewish neighborhood in Tiberias and slaughtered 19 Jews, including 11 children. The Jews were virtually protection-less, with only 15 Jewish guards protecting a neighborhood of over 2000 people. Two of the guards were killed during the pogrom.

Jewish homes and the local synagogue were set on fire. In one of the homes, a mother and her five children were massacred.

A British representative stated: “It was systematically organized and savagely executed. Of the nineteen Jews killed, including women and children, all save four were stabbed to death. That night and the following day the troops engaged the raiding gangs.”

https://www.rootsmetals.com/blogs/news/a-history-of-pogroms-in-palestine

Following. The Jews have been through a lot May God provide enough original content for me Amen

Where are the it started in 1948 crew? Where are Palestinians were friendly with Jews until 1948 crew?

Come and disprove these.

Hoaxen:
Impressive write up but you don't need to go this far. Just ask why Arab Muslims are dragging Jewish cities with Jews or how Arabs suddenly appeared in Jewish lands.

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Your own no good at all.

You notice the Hamas crew is avoiding this topic. They read and pass

tctrills:
You notice the Hamas crew is avoiding this topic. They read and pass

What you mean by Hamas crew? Seeing every contrary view as Hamas crew is wrong.

dmangodwin:
What you mean by Hamas crew? Seeing every contrary view as Hamas crew is wrong.

You are right, not every contrary view represent Hamas. But you will be naive if you don't know that there is an active crew that represents Hamas view point here on Nairaland.
This forum is filled with haters of Israel.

tctrills:
You notice the Hamas crew is avoiding this topic. They read and pass

They are haters of the truth.

They always run away when confronted with it

Elusive001:
They are haters of the truth.

They always run away when confronted with it

I tell you