Thread by @Israelkicksass

In 1920, the "Nabi Musa" celebrations took place on April 4, coinciding with #Passover and the Greek Orthodox #Easter.
Amin al-Husseini, who was then at the beginning of his career, and Araf al-Araf stirred up the celebrating crowd with enthusiastic hate speech that day.
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As a result, after the traditional prayer at the end of the holiday, the incited #Arab crowd marched from the mosque in the Judean Desert, 20 kilometers from #Jerusalem, to the homes of the #Jews in Old Jerusalem, shouting "Adbah al-Yehud" (Slaughter the Jews).
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And a call that later turned out to be correct - "a-Daula Mana" ("The (British) government is with us").
The #Arab crowd shouted "Independence Independence" & sang: "#Palestine is our land - the #Jews are our dogs." During all this time, #Arab
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thugs raged in the #Jewish Quarter,beating passers-by, breaking into #Jewish shops & looting them.
On Jaffa Street, #Jerusalem #Jews were stoned and Jewish shops were looted.
The self-defense organization, the Haganah, sent two squads equipped with wooden and metal batons
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to the Old City, but #British soldiers blocked their way.
The day after the riots continued, the #Arabs looted the Torat Chaim #yeshiva, tore up the Torah scrolls and set fire. That morning, 2 passers-by were stabbed to death.
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Houses were set on fire and tombstones were smashed in the #Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
The old city was closed and #Jews who wanted to flee were not allowed to leave.
On the morning of the third day (April 6), #Arabs attacked the courtyard of Hannah Yaffe,
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near the "Gate of Sin" of the Temple Mount, in the #Muslim Quarter, where 3 #Jewish families lived, who had been under siege since the beginning of the riots.
The attackers broke down the courtyard doors and the tenants fled to the top floor.
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The rioters broke furniture and looted the house and then went up to the second floor and beat the tenants, including the children. Moshe Lifshitz was hit in the head with an iron bar and seriously injured. Then the attackers tortured his sisters one by one and raped them.
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One was 25 years old and the other was 15 years old.
Al-Husseini's image as a hero of the events made him a national symbol in the eyes of the #Palestinians. He won much sympathy.
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