1929 Safed riots


The 1929 Safed riots, during the 1929 Palestine riots, were the riots that took place in Safed culminating in the massacre of 18-20 Jewish residents of Safed on 29 August 1929.

History

In 1929, when Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, told his followers that Jews were preparing to take over the Al-Aqsa Mosque, anti-Jewish riots erupted across Palestine in what became known as the 1929 Palestine riots. The Safed riot was part of this wave of violence.
Between eighteen and twenty Jews were killed and eighty wounded. The main Jewish street was looted and burned. The members of the Commission of Inquiry visited the town on 1 November 1929.
David Hacohen, a resident of Safed, described the carnage in his diary:
A Scottish missionary working in Safed at the time stated: