1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aden

1947 Aden riots
Part of Spillover of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
Aden from the Port of Aden, 1949
Date2–4 December 1947
Location
12°48′N 45°02′E / 12.800°N 45.033°E / 12.800; 45.033
Caused byDisputes over United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
MethodsRioting, melee attacks
Parties
Casualties and losses
38 killed
87+ injured
82 killed
76 injured
Unknown

The Aden riots of December 2–4, 1947 targeted the Jewish community in the British Colony of Aden. The riots broke out from a planned three-day Arab general strike in protest of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II), which created a partition plan for Palestine.[1] The riots resulted in the deaths of 82 Jews,[1][2] 33 Arabs, 4 Muslim Indians, and one Somali,[1] as well as wide-scale devastation of the local Jewish community of Aden.[2][3] The Aden Protectorate Levies, a military force of local Arab-Muslim recruits dispatched by the British governor Reginald Champion to quell the riots, were responsible for much of the killing.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c d Ahroni, Reuben (1 October 2010), "Aden Riots (1947)", Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, Brill, doi:10.1163/1878-9781_ejiw_com_0000750, retrieved 30 March 2023
  2. ^ a b Aderet, Ofer (30 November 2016). "Jews of Aden recall the pogrom sparked by UN vote on Palestine partition plan". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ Goldsmith, Dani (6 December 2017). "Murder, looting, burning: Remembering the Aden riots of 1947". Times of Israel. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ Parfitt 1996.