Massacres

PALESTINIAN MASSACRES
1. Haifa Massacre 1937
2. Jerusalem Massacre 1937
3. Haifa Massacre 1938
4. Balad al-Sheikh Massacre 1939
5. Haifa Massacre 1939
6. Haifa Massacre 1947
7. Abbasiya Massacre 1947
8. Al-Khisas Massacre 1947
9. Bab al-Amud Massacre 1947
10. Jerusalem Massacre 1947
11. Sheikh Bureik Massacre 1947
12. Jaffa Massacre 1948
13. Deir Yassin Massacre 1948
14. Tantura Massacre 1948
15. Qibya Massacre 1953
16. Khan Yunis Massacre 1956
17. Jerusalem Massacre 1967
18. Sabra and Shatila Massacre 1982
19. Al-Aqsa Massacre 1990
20. Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre 1994
21. Jenin Refugee Camp April 2002
22. Gaza Massacre 2008-09
23. Gaza Massacre 2012
24. Gaza Massacre 2014
25. Gaza Massacre 2018-19
26. Gaza Massacre 2021
27. Gaza Genocide 2023 is still ongoing.
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Haifa Massacre – October 1937:

The Haifa Massacre of 1937 refers to a violent incident that occurred during the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine, a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration.

Background:

  • In 1936, widespread tensions in Mandatory Palestine erupted into an Arab revolt against the British Mandate and growing Zionist immigration.
  • The revolt had political, nationalist, and religious motivations, driven by fears of displacement and the loss of Arab land to Jewish settlers.

Haifa Massacre – October 1937:

  • On October 6, 1937, the British District Commissioner for the Galilee, Lewis Andrews, was assassinated in Nazareth by Arab militants. This assassination intensified the British crackdown.
  • Shortly after, on October 16, 1937, a bomb exploded in a Haifa market, killing at least 19 Arabs and injuring many more.
  • The attack is widely believed to have been carried out by members of the Irgun, a Zionist paramilitary group, as part of a campaign of retaliatory violence.
  • In response, Arab mobs attacked Jewish neighborhoods, killing and injuring several civilians, further escalating tensions.

Significance:

  • The Haifa Massacre was one of many violent flashpoints during the Arab Revolt.
  • It marked a turning point where Jewish underground groups like the Irgun and Lehi began conducting more organized reprisals.
  • The British responded with mass arrests, curfews, and the execution of Arab rebels.
  • This period hardened divisions between Arabs, Jews, and the British, laying the groundwork for future conflict.