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أحداث موسم النبي موسى في القدس
Exact day4 April 1920
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A licensed photograph, with its credit, is added after review; never a generated likeness.On 4 April 1920, during the Nabi Musa pilgrimage, violence broke out in and near Jerusalem, then under British military government, and lasted for days. The court of inquiry reported 251 casualties, 9 of them dead.
A court of inquiry convened by the British High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief inquired into the disturbances at and near Jerusalem on the occasion of the Nabi Musa pilgrimage on 4 April 1920 and the following days. It reported 251 casualties in all, of whom 9 died, 22 were dangerously wounded and 220 slightly wounded: among Jews 5 killed, 18 dangerously wounded and 193 wounded; among Muslims 4 killed, all by firearms, 1 dangerously wounded and 20 others wounded.12
Link to this chapterThe United Nations study records that the violence broke out while Palestine was still under military government, just as the San Remo Conference was finalizing the allocation of the Mandate to Britain, and that the inquiry, whose report was not published at the time, gave as its underlying causes the Arabs’ disappointment at the non-fulfilment of the promises of independence and their belief that the Balfour Declaration denied their right to self-determination.3
Link to this chapterSpoke at the rally on the festival’s first day; sentenced in absentia to ten years’ imprisonment
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
Spoke at the rally on the festival’s first day
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
Dismissed as mayor of Jerusalem, accused by the British of inciting the clashes
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
Spoke at the rally on the festival’s first day
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
Linked context in the legacy record
Within a yearAt San Remo, the Mandate is given to Britain
Evidence
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: The Court’s mission
Original-language quotation · enthe disturbances which took place at and near Jerusalem on the occasion of the Nebi Musa Pilgrimage on 4th April and following daysLink to this citationPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · paragraph: 66
Original-language quotation · enThe total casualties reported amount to 251, of which 9 died, 22 were dangerously wounded and 220 slightly wounded.Link to this citationUnited Nations · section: Chapter VI, The start of Palestinian resistance
Original-language quotation · enAs early as April 1920, while Palestine was still under military government, anti-Jewish riots broke out just as the San Remo Conference was finalizing the allocation of the Palestine Mandate to Great Britain.Link to this citationdocument · United Nations
The United Nations study prepared for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (ST/SG/SER.F/1), as held by the UN Information System on the Question of Palestine.
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document · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
The report of the British court of inquiry, in the Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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04-04 · occurrence
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