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| | "His speeches, pamphlets and articles in the newspaper Suria al Jenobia (Southern Syria) were primarily responsible for the outbreak of the 1920 pogrom in Jerusalem."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OrttAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA507 The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume 5, Isaac Landman, Louis Rittenberg, Simon Cohen, 1941, p.507]</ref> | | "His speeches, pamphlets and articles in the newspaper Suria al Jenobia (Southern Syria) were primarily responsible for the outbreak of the 1920 pogrom in Jerusalem."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OrttAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA507 The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume 5, Isaac Landman, Louis Rittenberg, Simon Cohen, 1941, p.507]</ref> |
| | It was after the mob was protesting the British, they turned on the Jews. British Court found al-Husseini main culprit.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WxYbDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT114 David Brog, 'Reclaiming Israel's History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace,' 2017]</ref> | | It was after the mob was protesting the British, they turned on the Jews. British Court found al-Husseini main culprit.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WxYbDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT114 David Brog, 'Reclaiming Israel's History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace,' 2017]</ref> |
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| | + | Historian Joseph Klausner noted that "Among the casualties and wounded were Jews of every ethnic background, of all classes, of all parties, Sephardim and Ashkenazim … devout rabbis and educated freethinkers. The enemy did not differentiate. |
| | + | No use was made of guns. A report by a British committee of inquiry set up to probe the riots described: "All the evidence indicates that these attacks were of a cowardly and traitorous nature. Most of them were against the elderly, women, and children. Most were attacked from the back."<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/05/01/the-end-of-innocence/ 'The end of innocence. Some 100 years after the 1920 riots, which signified the opening shot in the Israeli-Arab conflict, what has changed? A great deal, and very little.' By Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom, published on 05-01-2020 11:33, last modified: 05-11-2020 12:52]</ref> |
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| | 2. Pushed to the Hebron 1929 massacre where an Arab "mob slaughtered 67 Jews while over 400 were saved by local Arab families."<ref>[https://m.jpost.com/features/in-thespotlight/this-week-in-history-the-1929-hebron-massacre/ 'This Week in History: The 1929 Hebron Massacre,' by Michael Omer-Man, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 2011]</ref><ref> [https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/19/archives/moslems-denounce-mufti-of-palestine-opposition-group-holds-him.html 'Moslems Denounce Mufti of Palestine,' by Joseph M. Levy. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1929]</ref> | | 2. Pushed to the Hebron 1929 massacre where an Arab "mob slaughtered 67 Jews while over 400 were saved by local Arab families."<ref>[https://m.jpost.com/features/in-thespotlight/this-week-in-history-the-1929-hebron-massacre/ 'This Week in History: The 1929 Hebron Massacre,' by Michael Omer-Man, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 2011]</ref><ref> [https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/19/archives/moslems-denounce-mufti-of-palestine-opposition-group-holds-him.html 'Moslems Denounce Mufti of Palestine,' by Joseph M. Levy. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1929]</ref> |