1920 Nebi Musa riots

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The 1920 Nebi Musa riots were violent anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish disturbances in Jerusalem during the British Mandate, often seen as an early outbreak of Arab-Jewish conflict in Palestine.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
1920 Nebi Musa riots canonical 1
Arab riots of 1920 1
Jerusalem riots of 1920 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab–Jewish conflict event ⓘ
anti-Jewish riot ⓘ
anti-Zionist riot ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
riot ⓘ
administrativeAuthority British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British military administration in Palestine
alsoKnownAs 1920 Nebi Musa riots ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem riots of 1920

1920 Nebi Musa riots ⓘ
surface form: Nebi Musa riots
cause Arab fears of Jewish national aspirations ⓘ
opposition to Zionist immigration ⓘ
political agitation by Arab nationalist leaders ⓘ
resentment of the Balfour Declaration ⓘ
tensions between Arab and Jewish communities in Palestine ⓘ
uncertainty over the future status of Palestine after World War I ⓘ
country Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
endDate 1920-04-07 ⓘ
followedBy 1921 Jaffa riots ⓘ
location Damascus Gate ⓘ
Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ
surface form: Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem

Nebi Musa ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
opposingGroup Arab crowds ⓘ
Jewish residents of Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
surface form: Arab–Israeli conflict (historical background)

Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
surface form: Arab–Jewish conflict in Mandatory Palestine
perpetratorDescription Arab rioters ⓘ
relatedDocument Balfour Declaration ⓘ
surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917
relatedTo Arab nationalism in Palestine ⓘ
Zionist movement in Palestine ⓘ
religiousContext Easter period in Jerusalem ⓘ
Nebi Musa Muslim religious festival ⓘ
result British military and police intervention ⓘ
arrests of Arab and Jewish individuals ⓘ
deaths of Arab participants ⓘ
deaths of Jewish civilians ⓘ
formation of the Haganah later in 1920 ⓘ
hundreds of injuries ⓘ
increased communal tensions in Palestine ⓘ
strengthening of Jewish self-defense organizations ⓘ
trials of Arab nationalist leaders ⓘ
widespread looting and property damage ⓘ
significance considered first large-scale Arab attack on Jews in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
influenced British policy toward security in Jerusalem ⓘ
seen as early outbreak of Arab–Jewish conflict in Palestine ⓘ
used by Zionist leadership to argue for Jewish self-defense ⓘ
startDate 1920-04-04 ⓘ
target Jewish civilians ⓘ
Jewish property ⓘ
Zionist organizations ⓘ
surface form: Zionist institutions
temporalContext British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate period

post-World War I period ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haj Amin al-Husseini → participatedIn → 1920 Nebi Musa riots ⓘ
Yishuv → significantEvent → 1920 Nebi Musa riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab riots of 1920
1920 Nebi Musa riots → alsoKnownAs → 1920 Nebi Musa riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nebi Musa riots
1920 Nebi Musa riots → alsoKnownAs → 1920 Nebi Musa riots ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerusalem riots of 1920