The Hebron Massacre of 1929

Jewish Virtual Library ^ | 2000 | Staff

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For many years, the small community of 800 Jews in the ancient city of Hebron lived in peace with their tens of thousands of Arab neighbors. But, on the night of August 23, 1929, the tension simmering within this cauldron of nationalities bubbled over, and for a period of three days, Hebron turned into a city of terror and murder as the Arab residents led a rampaging massacre against the bewildered and helpless Jewish community.

By the time the massacre ended, 67 Jews lay dead – their homes and synagogues destroyed – and the few hundred survivors were relocated to Jerusalem. The aftermath left Hebron barren of Jews for the first time in hundreds of years.

The summer of 1929 was one of unrest in Palestine as Jewish immigrants were arriving in increasing numbers, and the agitations of the mufti in Jerusalem spurred on Jewish-Arab tensions. Just one day prior to the start of the Hebron massacre, three Jews and three Arabs were killed in Jerusalem when fighting broke out after a Muslim prayer service on the Temple Mount. Arabs spread false rumors and libels throughout their communities, saying that Jews were carrying out “wholesale killings of Arabs.”

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The Jews built a hospital for the Arabs and considered them friends. However, they were all slaughtered because they were Jews. This is the relationship they will always have until they hear the words of God. See Dueteronomy 20:16-18. Their graves are there today as a memorial, The only memorial I want to see in memory of October 7th massacre is "From the River to the Sea, Israel is now free"...

[Daveinyork]

In the movie “The Chosen” upon learning of the Holocaust, the Rabbi said that there is always somebody killing us (Jews).

[jjotto]

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/the-october-7-pogrom-in-hebron

...3,000 Muslim men armed with swords, clubs, axes, and daggers went from Jewish house to Jewish house in the holy city of Hebron, stabbing, raping, and in some cases castrating and burning their victims alive.

Jewish children watched as their parents were butchered by their Arab neighbors. Infants were killed in their mothers’ arms...

[rightwingcrazy]

There were also massacres of Jews in Hebron in 1517 and in 1834.

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Yup. Sadly, Jews have been massacred for over 2000 years. Massacred by Romans any many occasions, including recently.

[SJackson]

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[BobL]

“For many years, the small community of 800 Jews in the ancient city of Hebron lived in peace with their tens of thousands of Arab neighbors.”

OBVIOUSLY I wasn’t there (as an adult, at least), but if I was, I could have told them to sleep with one eye open...