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People: Ruy López de Villalobos
Topic: Palestine riots of 1929
Location: Gades > Cádiz Andalucia Spain

Palestine riots of 1929

Years: 1929 - 1929

The 1929 Palestine riots (also known as the Western Wall Uprising or the Buraq Uprising) refers to a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 when a long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into violence.

During the week of riots, at least 116 Arabs and 133 Jews are killed and 339 wounded.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)