History & Geography

Long shadow of 1929 Hebron massacre

Hajj Yussef is one of the Palestinian Arabs who saved Jews during the massacre
Date  
08/26/2009
Author(s) 
BBC
Publisher 
BBC
Description 
Eighty years ago, violent Arab riots against Jewish immigration gripped British-ruled Palestine. The worst violence occurred in the city of Hebron where, on the 23 and 24 August, 67 Jews were murdered. Dina Newman reports on how memories of the bloody events of 1929 still linger in Hebron today.
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