1936 Riots - Photographs

In April 1936, the Arab High Command formed, led by Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini, and called for a general strike of Arab workers and a boycott of Jewish products. These actions swiftly escalated into terrorist attacks against the Jews and the British. This first stage of the "Arab Revolt" lasted until November, 1936. The second stage began in September 1937, shortly after the Peel Commission recommended the partition of Palestine. In this second phase, clashes with the British forces became much more severe, as did the attacks on Jewish settlements.

See article: The 1936 Riots

Palestine Arabs at Abou Ghosh taking the oath of allegiance to the Arab cause, viz. to fight Jewish immigration, etc.	Jaffa. Troops & police guarding entrance to demolishing area.	Jaffa. Old town on sea front, troops searching inhabitants for arms.

Tel-Aviv Abou Kbir Police Post.	Jaffa. No-man's land between Jaffa & Tel-Aviv (neutral zone).

Jaffa. British troops on a main street.	Arab gathering at Abou Ghosh.	Troops engaged in a general search for arms.

Jewish exodus from the Old City, taken near the Jaffa Gate.	A fire in the Armenian Quarter.	Another precautionary measure on a Friday, battlements of the Tower of David mounted by military guards.

Members of the Arab Higher Committee. Front row from left to right: Ragheb Bey Nashashibi, chairman of the Defence Party, Haj Amin eff. el-Husseini, Grand Mufti & president of the Committee, Ahmed Hilmi Pasha, Gen. Manager of the Jerusalem Arab Bank, Abdul Latif Bey Es-Salah, chairman of the Arab National Party, Mr. Alfred Roke, influential land-owner.	The Delegation of American senators and their wives visiting the Temple Area in Jerusalem. The party is here seen leaving the Dome of the Rock, seen in the background, on their way to visit Mosque el-Aksa.

Dr. Chaim Weizmann at the Office of the Royal Commission in his car.	Jaffa. Group of army & Palestine Police. Guards on a Jaffa house-top.	Capsized locomotive as seen through railroad bridge [near Kefr-Jenuis].

Jaffa. Manshieh quarter incendiary. Jewish apartment house.	Jaffa. Jewish lumber yard burnt down.

Jaffa. Dynamiting slum sections.	Jaffa. Effects of dynamiting. Heaps of tumbled down houses.	Jaffa. Royal Engineers in demolishing area.

Funeral of Meir Dizengoff, mayor of Tel-Aviv. Died on September 23, 1936. The funeral took place on the day following.