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These riots erupted during the so called Nebi Musa festival, a significant religious observance for Arabs, but quickly turned into a savage mob attack against Jews in Jerusalem.  

These riots erupted during the so called Nebi Musa festival, a significant religious observance for Arabs, but quickly turned into a savage mob attack against Jews in Jerusalem.  

As Khalil al-Sakakini, a prominent Arab "Palestinian" intellectual, recounts, a frenzy of violence swept through the streets, with Arab assailants indiscriminately throwing stones, shouting violent chants like "Muhammad’s religion was born with the sword," "we will drink the blood of the Jews," and attacking Jews in the most brutal ways. In one account, a Jewish shoeshine boy, merely trying to hide from the mayhem, was violently beaten over the head with his own box by an Arab attacker.<ref><blockquote>A riot broke out, the people began to run about and stones were thrown at the Jews. The shops were closed and there were screams . . . I saw a Zionist soldier covered in dust and blood . . . Afterwards, I saw one Hebronite approach a Jewish shoeshine boy, who hid behind a sack in one of the wall’s comers next to Jaffa Gate, and take his box and beat him over the head. He screamed and began to run, his head bleeding and the Hebronite left him and returned to the procession . . . The riot reached its zenith. All shouted, “Muhammad’s religion was born with the sword” . . . my soul is nauseated and depressed by the madness of humankind.</blockquote>

As Khalil al-Sakakini, a prominent Arab "Palestinian" intellectual, recounts, a frenzy of violence swept through the streets, with Arab assailants indiscriminately throwing stones, shouting violent chants like "Muhammad’s religion was born with the sword," "we will drink the blood of the Jews," and attacking Jews in the most brutal ways. In one account, a Jewish shoeshine boy, merely trying to hide from the mayhem, was violently beaten over the head with his own box by an Arab attacker.<ref><blockquote>A riot broke out, the people began to run about and stones were thrown at the Jews. The shops were closed and there were screams . . . I saw a Zionist soldier covered in dust and blood . . . Afterwards, I saw one Hebronite approach a Jewish shoeshine boy, who hid behind a sack in one of the wall’s comers next to Jaffa Gate, and take his box and beat him over the head. He screamed and began to run, his head bleeding and the Hebronite left him and returned to the procession . . . The riot reached its zenith. All shouted, “[[Muhammad]]’s religion was born with the sword” . . . my soul is nauseated and depressed by the madness of humankind.</blockquote>

Khalil al-Sakakini, Such am I, Oh World!, cited in Benny Morris, Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881–2001 (New York: Vintage, 2001), 95.</ref>

Khalil al-Sakakini, Such am I, Oh World!, cited in Benny Morris, Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881–2001 (New York: Vintage, 2001), 95.</ref>

<ref>[https://www.dailyalert.org/rss/Mainissues.php?id=89493 The New York Times Misrepresents the History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]. DailyAlert. 2024-02-29 (Quillette).<blockquote><small>

<ref>[https://www.dailyalert.org/rss/Mainissues.php?id=89493 The New York Times Misrepresents the History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]. DailyAlert. 2024-02-29 (Quillette).<blockquote><small>

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