A Report on the Trials Following the 1929 Western Wall Riots in Hebron

[On the 1929 Western Wall Riots] Sefer ha-mishpatim: din ve-heshbon mi-kol mishpete ha-meʼoraʻot be-Erets Yisraʼel be-Avgust 1929 (Av 689) [The Book of Justice: An Account of All the Laws of the Events in the Land of Israel in August 1929 (Av 689)]

Notes: In the summer of 1929 a dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated and erupted into a series of violent demonstrations and riots in late August. The violence spread throughout British-controlled Palestine (now Israel), ending in massacres in Hebron. This is a report on the trials following the Western Wall Riots.

According to the Jewish Virtual Encyclopedia, "On August 23, 1929, Arabs murdered 67 Jews in a massacre in Hebron. Three days later, the British evacuated the 484 survivors, including 153 children, to Jerusalem. After six days of rioting, the British finally brought in troops to quell the disturbance. Even though Jews had been living in Gaza and Hebron for centuries, following these riots, the British forced Jews to leave their homes and prohibited Jews from living in the Gaza strip and Hebron to appease Arabs and quell violence. By the end of the rioting, the death toll was 133 Jews, including eight Americans, and 110 Arabs (most killed by British security forces). More than 200 Arabs and 15 Jews were tried and sentenced for their role in the unrest in 1929. Out of 27 capital cases involving Arabs, only three of the death sentences were carried out, the others were granted “mercy” and their sentences were commuted to life in prison."

This work, in Hebrew, illustrated with a few black-and-white photographic plates, has three parts. Part 1. Small and large sentences in September and October; Trial of Taliban Maraka from Hebron - Part 2. Safed Murder Trials until the End of November; The trial of Yitzhak Audis in Jaffa - Part 3. The trial of the murderers of Rabbi Castil of Hebron and more; The trial of those accused of murders at the Makleff house in Motza; Trial of Orpali and the murderer of Rosin in Jaffa.

241 pages. OCLC 19191355 recording 15 holdings. Title in Hebrew: (ספר המשפטים : דין וחשבון מכל משפטי המאורעות בארץ ישראל באבגוסט 1929 (אב 689

Edition + Condition: First edition. Near fine. Pages tanned.

Publication: Tel Aviv, Palestine: Hotsa'at Sefarim Tel Aviv, 1930.

Item No: #307481

Price: $350