The 1921 Jaffa Riots: Palestine's Crossroads of Violence
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In May 1921, a clash between Jewish May Day marchers and Arab residents in Jaffa spiraled into days of communal violence that left nearly 100 dead and reshaped British Mandate policy. This episode explores the immediate spark—a socialist parade in a port city already tense with Zionist immigration and Arab labor fears—and the aftermath: the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry, the temporary halt of Jewish immigration by High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, and the creation of the Haganah. We trace the role of the Maccabees sports club, the Arab dockworkers' grievances, and the forgotten massacre of 1908 that haunted Jaffa's streets. Lucas and Luna untangle how a single weekend of bloodshed forced Britain to confront the contradictions of its Balfour Declaration promise, planting seeds for the 1929 riots and the 1936 Arab Revolt. This is a story of ordinary people—laborers, immigrants, shopkeepers—caught in a storm they didn't start.
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