| 1921 Jaffa riots | |||
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| Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine | |||
 Mass grave of Jewish victims of the 1921 riots, Trumpeldor Cemetery, Tel Aviv | |||
| Date | 1–7 May 1921 | ||
| Location | 32°3′7″N 34°45′15″E / 32.05194°N 34.75417°E | ||
| Caused by | Dispute between Jewish groups mistakenly reported as an attack on Arabs[citation needed] | ||
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| Most of the Arab casualties were caused by British forces | |||
The Jaffa riots (commonly known in Hebrew: מאורעות תרפ"א, romanized: Me'oraot Tarpa)[1] were a series of violent riots in Mandatory Palestine on May 1–7, 1921, which began as a confrontation between two Jewish groups but developed into an attack by Arabs on Jews and then reprisal attacks by Jews on Arabs.[2] The rioting began in Jaffa and spread to other parts of the country. The riot resulted in the deaths of 47 Jews and 48 Arabs, with 146 Jews and 73 Arabs wounded.[3]
- ^ The word Tarpa being the transliteration of the Hebrew תרפ"א and which is no more than the Hebrew date 5681 Anno Mundi, corresponding to the year 1921 in the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Kessler, Oren. "1921 Jaffa riots 100 years on: Mandatory Palestine's 1st 'mass casualty' attack". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ^ Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the disturbances in Palestine in May, 1921, with correspondence relating thereto (Disturbances), 1921, Cmd. 1540, p. 22 & 60.