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All this was of no use when the days of disturbances came.
All this was of no use when the days of disturbances came.
Shavuot Riots 1941 (June 1-2, 1941)
Self-government in Iraq has never been stable. Between the years 1932-1950 it was ruled by three kings, 31 governments (compared to 14 in the years of the British mandate in 1921-1932); 9 houses of parliament (compared to 3 during the mandate period), of which only two (the one elected in 1939 and the last one) completed During their four years in office, there were also six coups, starting with the Bakr Sidki coup until the coup of 1941. The Second World War broke out on September 3, 1939, when the government in Iraq was in the hands of Nuri al-Said, known as pro-British.
Self-government in Iraq has never been stable. Between the years 1932-1950 it was ruled by three kings, 31 governments (compared to 14 in the years of the British mandate in 1921-1932); 9 houses of parliament (compared to 3 during the mandate period), of which only two (the one elected in 1939 and the last one) completed During their four years in office, there were also six coups, starting with the Bakr Sidki coup until the coup of 1941. The Second World War broke out on September 3, 1939, when the government in Iraq was in the hands of Nuri al-Said, known as pro-British.
The British army that organized in the Land of Israel an invasion force for Iraq arrived in Baghdad only after a few weeks.
The British army that organized in the Land of Israel an invasion force for Iraq arrived in Baghdad only after a few weeks.
This slowness was in the minds and souls of the Jews.
Immediately after the rise of Rashid Ali, the Iraqi Jews realized that their fate was sealed.
Immediately after the rise of Rashid Ali, the Iraqi Jews realized that their fate was sealed.
[[Yunis al-Sabawi|Yunis A. Sabawi]] invited the head of the Jewish community in Baghdad to him and demanded that he tell the Jews not to leave their homes for the three days: Saturday, Sunday and Monday, which are the two days of Shavuot. That morning, Yunis sent a call to the masses through the broadcasting service, to carry out a massacre of the Jews; However, this call was delayed by the head of the security committee, who was able to ban Yunis A. Sabaowi and transport him across the border.
[[Yunis al-Sabawi|Yunis A. Sabawi]] invited the head of the Jewish community in Baghdad to him and demanded that he tell the Jews not to leave their homes for the three days: Saturday, Sunday and Monday, which are the two days of Shavuot. That morning, Yunis sent a call to the masses through the broadcasting service, to carry out a massacre of the Jews; However, this call was delayed by the head of the security committee, who was able to ban Yunis A. Sabaowi and transport him across the border.
On Sunday 6 Sivan, the curfew arrived at the Baghdad airport (about two kilometers from the city).
The wild massacre began on Shavuot, Sunday and Monday, 6-7 in Sivan 5701 (June 1-2, 1941).
On the first day before noon, the Jewish dignitaries went together with the other "dignitaries" to welcome the curfew. The uplifted mood of the Jews was not pleasant for the soldiers and civilian policemen; And on their return, together with the Muslim mob, they attacked the Jews in the main streets and massacred them.
On the first day before noon, the Jewish dignitaries went together with the other "dignitaries" to welcome the curfew. The uplifted mood of the Jews was not pleasant for the soldiers and civilian policemen; And on their return, together with the Muslim mob, they attacked the Jews in the main streets and massacred them.
Akram Zuaiter from Nablus, who cooperated with the "Axis" before the war and during the war, said in his enthusiastic testimony that he was one of those who emigrated from the country thanks to the Zionist policy, the exiles, led by the Mufti, are scattered throughout the countries. He talked about the "disasters that befell the Arabs" because of the Balfour Declaration and the double promises given to the Jews and the Arabs. It is most responsible for the "Arab tragedy" by supporting the Aliyah demands, whenever it sees that England is leaning towards them as a solution to the Land of Israel [Palestine] question. He then emphasized the "soft attitude" towards Jewish .. as opposed to the "strong hand" towards the Arab terrorists in the 1936/9 riots and announced that the Arab youth will not be quiet or rest until they disperse the Zionist dreams, because it is not a question of absorption capacity or the possibility of economic development, but the question of a nation's independence and freedom[sic]..</font></blockquote></ref> with pro-[[Nazi]] Rashid Ali coup.
Akram Zuaiter from Nablus, who cooperated with the "Axis" before the war and during the war, said in his enthusiastic testimony that he was one of those who emigrated from the country thanks to the Zionist policy, the exiles, led by the Mufti, are scattered throughout the countries. He talked about the "disasters that befell the Arabs" because of the Balfour Declaration and the double promises given to the Jews and the Arabs. It is most responsible for the "Arab tragedy" by supporting the Aliyah demands, whenever it sees that England is leaning towards them as a solution to the Land of Israel [Palestine] question. He then emphasized the "soft attitude" towards Jewish .. as opposed to the "strong hand" towards the Arab terrorists in the 1936/9 riots and announced that the Arab youth will not be quiet or rest until they disperse the Zionist dreams, because it is not a question of absorption capacity or the possibility of economic development, but the question of a nation's independence and freedom[sic]..</font></blockquote></ref> with pro-[[Nazi]] Rashid Ali coup.
* Akram was head of the Arab Section of the Nazi sabotage school in Athens during the war and responsible for briefing Nazi para troops dropped in the Middle East.
* In 1946, it was reported that he was chief assistant is to the officer in charge of training the Arabs - Mamdauh el Meidani, who escaped from Prance with Rashid Ali, the leader of the Iraq Rebellion, and with him sought refuge in Mecca. During the war el Meidani acted as intermediary between pro-Nazi Arabs and Germans.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/sydneyjn/1946/08/30/01/article/78/ The Sydney Jewish News, 30 August 1946.<blockquote><small>
WORKING FOR CONFLICT
On June 14th., the English 'Tribune' published a few inte resting items. They dealt with the position in Palestine, as at the time of the "escape" of the Mufti. The. following precis presents a side of the case never shown by the daily press here. Ed.
'THE MUFTI AGAIN'
It was a foregone conclusion that the ex-Mufti would disappear from France.
For almost a month beforehand important newspaper correspondents in -Paris were ad vised by London and New York offices to watch closely for the event of the Mufti's disappearance. He had received exceptionally lenient treatment from both Britain and France.
The Palestine Government had a warrant out for his arrest in connection with the murder of the British District Commissioner of Nablus in 1937.
Later he was associated with the Nazi rising in Iraq, for this his colleague Rashid Ali, was sentenced to death by the Iraq Government.
Then the Mufti went to Berlin and from there broadcast for the Nazis and travelled in the Moslem areas of Yugoslavia to recruit Moslems for the S.S. The most important implication of his escape is not his past re cord but his connection with a fairly extensive Nazi terrorist organisation operating in the Middle East, "which has come to the notice of the British Security Authorities."
'THE NAZI LEGACY'
For some time now British co unter-intelligence has suspected the existence of a Nazi under ground system in the Middle East set up during the war an^ operat ing with a number of Arab colla borationists.
A group of Germans and Arabs trained at the Nazi sabotage school at Athens was parachuted into Palestine and Iraq as late as October 1944, with in structions not directly concerned with the outcome of the war but with longer-term policy.
A few were caught, but the leaders with the bulk of substantial fimds, es caped and disappeared.
Some weeks ago British security officials again picked up the trail which led them to Acre, where a prominent Nazi was ar rested.
At the same time they uncovered, in conjunction with the Egyptian police, the organisation responsible last January for the murder of the pro-British Wafd leader, Amin Osman Pasha & for many recent bomb outrages in Cairo and Alexandria (we have heard very little here of these out rages in Egypt prior to June, Ed.)
The organisation, it was found, had been financed and run by Nazis and pro-Axis Egyptians. Its leader was an officer in the Egyptian Army.
THE 'TRAINER' OF ARABS
Our daily press a few days ago itemised a reference to the newly organised training of the Arabs by a former lawyer.
The 'Tribune' in June carried the following item:
"Attention has also been directed to an organisation which ostensibly trains volunteers to help the Palestine Arabs and which has set up a training camp in Syria.
The officer in charge of training is Mamdauh el Meidani, who escaped from Prance with Rashid Ali, the leader of the Iraq Rebellion, and with him sought refuge in Mecca. During the war he acted as intermediary between pro-Nazi Arabs and Germans.
His chief assistant is Akram Zeitar, head of the Arab Section of the Nazi sabotage school in Athens during the war and res ponsible for briefing Nazi para troops dropped in the Middle East.
At present 150 volunteers are being trained at this camp, which has been visited by the Syrian Minister of Defence, Nabih el Amzeh, who was interned by the Allies as one of the leaders of the pro-Nazi party in Syria and a close friend of the Hitler Youth leader, Baldur von Schirach."
All the forgoing indicates how vitally important to the Jewish community in Palestine is the ex istence of its own defense organi sation— Haganah. Ed.</small></blockquote></ref>
* 1946 March: (''Bloudan Conference of 1946''), forcing Syrian Jews what to say to the Palestine Committee.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hmf/1946/03/14/01/article/9 HaMashkif - המשקיף, 14 March 1946].<blockquote>
* 1946 March: (''Bloudan Conference of 1946''), forcing Syrian Jews what to say to the Palestine Committee.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hmf/1946/03/14/01/article/9 HaMashkif - המשקיף, 14 March 1946].<blockquote>