Hebron Massacre
Palestine Disturbances of 1929
Commission Report
By: Sir Walter Sidney Shaw
Date: March 1930
Source: Report of the British Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August 1929.
About the Author: Sir Walter Shaw, a retired chief justice of the British Straits settlements, headed a four-member commission to inquire into the causes of unrest in Palestine in August 1929.
INTRODUCTION
The violence that erupted in Hebron, Palestine, in August 1929 had its roots in at least three developments—although Jewish-Muslim enmity in Palestine had predated these developments for centuries.
The first development occurred in 1917, when British foreign secretary...
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