An academic history of the countrywide riots that swept Mandatory Palestine in August 1929, reading the violence in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed as the year the modern Arab-Israeli conflict took its lasting shape. Draws on the Shaw Commission's own investigation, contemporary press and archival testimony from both communities.
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PublisherBrandeis University Press 1 Publication Year Assessment
Reliability TierA peer-reviewed academic history by a historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, published by a university press and drawing directly on the Shaw Commission's own investigative record alongside archival testimony from both the Jewish and Arab communities involved. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Hebron, Cities This source names Hebron directly: "reading the violence in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed as the year the modern Arab-Israeli conflict took its lasting shape."
This source names Palestine directly: "countrywide riots that swept Mandatory Palestine in August 1929, reading the violence in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed as the year the modern Arab-Israeli conflict took its lasting shape."
This source names Safed directly: "the violence in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed as the year the modern Arab-Israeli conflict took its lasting shape."
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This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 5 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Wars & Conflicts, 16 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 connected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
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