Tarpat 1929 Arab Riots in Safed
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− | + | ('''Hebrew''': שנת תרפ”ט / '''Pronunciation''': Sha’an’at Tar-pat/ Spelling: Sh’nat Tarpat, Shanat Tarpat, / '''Other Names''': Meora'ot Tarpat 5689, Tzfat Massacre, 1929 Safed Massacre / '''Definition''': Arab Riots in Tzfat in 1929.) | |
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In August 1929 members of Safed’s Arab population crossed over the market area into the [[Old City Safed|Jewish Quarter]] of [[Safed]]. There they massacred 18 Jewish residents, injured 80 and ransacked, pillaged, looted and burned much of the Jewish Quarter. | In August 1929 members of Safed’s Arab population crossed over the market area into the [[Old City Safed|Jewish Quarter]] of [[Safed]]. There they massacred 18 Jewish residents, injured 80 and ransacked, pillaged, looted and burned much of the Jewish Quarter. | ||
== Jews and Arabs in Tzfat == | == Jews and Arabs in Tzfat == | ||
− | According to the Crusader writings, both Jewish and Arab communities existed in Tzfat when the [[Crusaders in Safed|Crusaders built their fortress]] on | + | According to the Crusader writings, both Jewish and Arab communities existed in Tzfat when the [[Crusaders in Safed|Crusaders built their fortress]] on Tzfat’s Citadel in the 13th century. Throughout the following centuries, relations between the two communities saw periods of peace broken by periodic Arab uprisings and riots. During the early part of the 20th century the two communities co-existed side by side, conducting commerce together and sending community representatives to serve together to deal with bureaucratic affairs pertaining to the [[British Rule of Safed 1918 to 1948|ruling British]]. |
=== Arab-Jewish Relations in the 1920s === | === Arab-Jewish Relations in the 1920s === | ||
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The next round of Arab riots occurred in Palestine in 1936 but the Jews of Safed were ready and successfully maintained relative calm in the city. | The next round of Arab riots occurred in Palestine in 1936 but the Jews of Safed were ready and successfully maintained relative calm in the city. | ||
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[[Category:Safed]] | [[Category:Safed]] | ||
[[Category:Jewish History]] | [[Category:Jewish History]] |