From "Ideal Travel Talks - Palestine 1934" Note that Jews were banned from entering the Tomb of the Patrarchs. Also, note the memorial to the victims of the 1929 Hebron massacre. | Hebron Jewish Community and Biblical Heritage Site

🕯️ On August 23-24, 1929, over 60 Jews were murdered in what became known as the Hebron Massacre. It was one of the bloodiest slaughters of Jewish civilians during British rule of Mandatory Palestine. | World Jewish Congress

It's been 87 years since the Hebron Massacre of 1929 the stories are still not heard enough. In this short film you will hear from the survivors of that pogrom, which ethnically cleansed the Jewish people of Hebron in 1929. Far too often the world forgets that terrorism against Jews in their homeland (Israel) began long before 1967, or 1948. | StandWithUs

Today marks the 96th anniversary of the Hebron Massacre – when 67 Jews were murdered by their Arab neighbours. Tensions had been rising between Jews and Arabs in British Mandate Palestine throughout the summer of 1929. Jewish immigration was increasing, and Arab nationalist leaders responded with incitement. False rumours were spread that Jews planned to seize the Al-Aqsa Mosque. On August 23–24, 1929, mobs of local Arabs, joined by men from nearby villages, stormed Hebron – a city whose Jewish