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https://www.fondapol.org/en/study/pogroms-in-palestine-before-the-creation-of-the-state-of-israel-1830-1948/

. Finally, on November 29 1947, the UN adopted the plan to divide Palestine into two states. On May 14, 1948, as the British Mandate came to an end, David Ben Gurion proclaimed the birth of the State of Israel. However, instead of proclaiming the birth of the State of Palestine on the same day, contingents from five Arab countries, with the backing of the Arab League, invaded the Jewish state.

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In 1831, “Southern Syria” (the Arabic name for the province known to Westerners as the “Holy Land” or Palestine), of which Safed was a part, was annexed by Mehemet-Ali, Viceroy of Egypt. Safed’s Jewish community, one of the largest in the country, ''had long been predominantly Jewish, as evidenced around 1625 by the Italian orientalist Franciscus Quaresmius, ''who wrote of Safed that it was “inhabited mainly by Hebrews, where they have their synagogues and schools”. The community was strengthened by the arrival of Russian Jews (1776-1781), followed by Jews from Lithuania (1809-1816).

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In 1910, a Western traveler to Yemen4 wrote: “The Jew is the beast on whom one beats at any time, for no reason, to calm one’s nerves, to appease one’s anger”. Between Jews and Arab-Muslims, coexistence is fragile, and remains at the mercy of the slightest incident, especially when Jews forget what Muslim society calls “their sense of humility”.'' Codified violence keeps everyone in their place, at the risk of being accompanied by the spilling of blood.''