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1929 Palestine riots

Arab–Jewish clashes in Mandatory Palestine

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 24, 2026
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The 1929 Palestine riots, also known as the Western Wall Riots, the Buraq Uprising or the Events of 1929, were a series of demonstrations and riots in Mandatory Palestine in late August 1929 regarding access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The riots, which primarily affected the cities of Jerusalem, Safed, and Hebron, were part a longstanding dispute between Palestinian Arabs and Jews over access to the site.

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The public source identifies “1929 Palestine riots” as arab–Jewish clashes in Mandatory Palestine. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Palestine, riots and Arab.

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This entry incorporates text from “1929 Palestine riots” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.