Unsurprisingly history finds no evidence of any people, race, tribe or culture known as Palestinian who attempted at any time to reclaim any lost land to any domestic or foreign colonizer. The anthropological miracle called the Palestinians only came into existence in the 1960’s, along with silicone breast implants and the mini skirt.
Hadrian, the Roman Emperor defeated the Bar Kochba revolt of the Jews against the Romans circa 135 CE, renamed the area Palaestina and banished the Jews from Jerusalem. Some Jews stayed in the surrounding area and others moved to Jewish areas such as Safed, Caesarea, and the Galilee as well as other geographical areas in the Middle East. At this time there was no ‘Palestinian’ revolt against the Romans in any effort to regain any land colonized by them. The naming of the area Palaestina by the Romans was not in any way connected to today’s Palestinians but rather to the invaders from Greece, the Philistines, the former enemies of the Jewish people who settled the coastal regions before their extinction some five hundred years before the Romans arrived. Hadrian believed that by renaming the area after the immortal enemies of the Jews would be the ultimate act of hostility, banishing any reference to Judaism to the homeland of the defeated, indigenous Jewish population.
The Jews were therefore dispersed and settled in a number of locations and as history proves, suffered for their religious beliefs throughout the centuries in those various locations ultimately with the Nazi holocaust and the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Muslim countries immediately thereafter.
Unsurprisingly history finds no evidence of any people, race, tribe or culture known as Palestinian who attempted at any time to reclaim any lost land to any domestic or foreign colonizer. The anthropological miracle called the Palestinians only came into existence in the 1960’s, along with silicone breast implants and the mini skirt.
Whether a pogrom, being an organized atrocity or a massacre being a spontaneous one is of no consequence to the victims. History is a witness to numerous such atrocities and listed here are those (probably not all) committed against Jews by Muslims over fourteen hundred years where Jews were slaughtered as a defenseless minority.
The attempt by the Nazis to rid the world of its Jews nearly succeeded but perversely resulted in the Zionist objective – self-determination for Jewish people in their indigenous homeland with the formation of the Jewish State of Israel after WW2. The Palestinians are failing miserably in their attempts to fulfill the Nazi objectives by exterminating Jews as demanded in their Charters of the Palestinian National Council of 1968 and the Hamas Palestinian Charter of 1988. Absurdly the turmoil within Islam has promoted a growing number of Arab Muslim countries developing relationships with the Jewish State for their own security against other Arab and Islamic countries.
There have been several contributors to this chronological list of atrocities committed against the Jewish people since the origins of Islam and the irony is that during this period up to 1967, the Palestinians were not involved in one, not one such atrocity. This begs the question as to why given the numerous cowardly attacks inflicted on Jews by Palestinian terrorists after 1967. Were the indigenous Palestinians so peaceful for over one thousand years as other domestic and foreign invaders colonized the geography they currently claim? This cultural behavior would seem very different from their Islamic co – religionists in the immediate geographical area and surrounding countries? More of a paradox is that the Palestinian Charters demand Jew extermination and subservience or death to their form of Islam. So why were the Palestinians so well behaved, passive or uncommitted to regaining by force their lands in the previous centuries?
How odd that the Palestinians were never involved – maybe it’s because they never existed, unlike the Jews who far from being colonizers as promoted by the current, false narrative, were as evidenced by history, indigenous to the geography since time immemorial.
Remember when browsing through this diary of human suffering that each individual event exposed the moral indecency of the followers of Islam in an effort to dominate, subjugate, humiliate, colonize and exterminate those of a different religion. Nothing has changed given the Palestinian Charters of 1964 and 1968 and the Palestinian Hamas Charter of 1988 demanding extermination of Jews and subservience to Islam of all other religions.
I thank the several contributors to this extensive list which is probably not exhaustive and will be added to in the months ahead. It exposes humanity at its most morally indecent in the name of Islam.
622 – 627: Ethnic cleansing of Jews from Mecca and Medina, (Jewish boys publicly inspected for pubic hair. if they had any, they were executed)
629: 1st Alexandria Massacres, Egypt
622 – 634: Extermination of the 14 Arabian Jewish tribes
822 – 861: Islamic empire passes law that Jews must wear yellow stars, (a lot like Nazi Germany), Caliph al-Mutawakkil
1106: Ali Ibn Yousef Ibn Tashifin of Merakesh decrees death penalty for any local Jew, including his Jewish physician and military general.
1033: 1st Fez Pogrom, Morocco
1148: Almohadin of Morocco gives Jews the choice of converting to Islam, or expulsion
1066: Granada Massacre, Muslim occupied Spain
1165 – 1178: Jews nationwide were given the choice (under new constitution) convert to Islam or die, Yemen
1165: Chief Rabbi of the Maghreb burnt alive. the Rambam flees for Egypt.
1220: Thousands of Jews killed by Muslims after being blamed for Mongol invasion, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Egypt
1270: Sultan Baibars of Egypt resolved to burn all the Jews, a ditch having been dug for that purpose; but at the last moment he repented, and instead exacted a heavy tribute, during the collection in which many perished.
1276: 2nd Fez Pogrom, Morocco
1385: Khorasan Massacres, Iran
1438: 1st Mellah Ghetto Massacres, North Africa
1465: 3rd Fez Pogrom, Morocco (11 Jews left alive)
1517: 1st Safed Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine
1517: 1st Hebron Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine and
1517 Marsa ibn Ghazi Massacre, Ottoman Libya
1577: Passover Massacre, Ottoman empire
1588 – 1629: Mahalay Pogroms, Iran
1630 – 1700: Yemenite Jews were considered “impure” and thus forbidden to touch a Muslim or a Muslim’s food. They were forced to humble themselves before a Muslim, to walk to the left side, and greet him first. They could not build houses higher than a Muslim’s or ride a camel or horse, and when riding on a mule or a donkey, they had to sit sideways. Upon entering the Muslim quarter a Jew had to take off his foot-gear and walk barefoot. If attacked with stones or fists by Islamists a Jew was not allowed to defend himself. (anti-Zionist miss those days)
1660: 2nd Safed Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine
1670: Mawza expulsion Yemen
1679 – 1680: Sanaa Massacres, Yemen
1747: Mashhad Massacres, Iran
1785: Tripoli Pogrom, Ottoman Libya
1790 – 92: Tetouan Pogrom. Morocco (Jews of Tetouan stripped naked, and lined up for Muslim perverts)
1800: New decree passed in Yemen, that Jews are forbidden to wear new clothing, or good clothing. Jews are forbidden to ride mules or donkeys, and were occasionally rounded up for long marches naked through the Roob al Khali dessert.
1805: 1st Algiers Pogrom, Ottoman Algeria
1808 2nd 1438: 1st Mellah Ghetto Massacres, North Africa
1815: 2nd Algiers Pogrom, Ottoman Algeria
1820: Sahalu Lobiant Massacres, Ottoman Syria
1828: Baghdad Pogrom, Ottoman Iraq
1830: 3rd Algiers Pogrom, Ottoman Algeria
1830: Ethnic cleansing of Jews in Tabriz, Iran
1834: Safed Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine
1839: Massacre of the Mashadi Jews, Iran
1840: Damascus, ritual killings (Muslims, along with French Christians kidnapped, tortured, and killed Jewish Children for entertainment), Ottoman Syria
1840: Blood libels introduced to the Muslim world from Europe.
1844: 1st Cairo Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1847: Dayr al-Qamar Pogrom, Ottoman Lebanon
1847: Ethnic cleansing of the Jews in Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
1848: 1st Damascus Pogrom, Syria
1850: 1st Aleppo Pogrom, Ottoman Syria
1860: 2nd Damascus Pogrom, Ottoman Syria
1862: 1st Beirut Pogrom, Ottoman Lebanon
1866: Kuzguncuk Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey
1867: Barfurush Massacre, Ottoman Turkey
1868: Eyub Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey
1869: Tunis Massacre, Ottoman Tunisia
1869: Sfax Massacre, Ottoman Tunisia
1864 – 1880: Marrakesh Massacre, Morocco
1870: 2nd Alexandria Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1870: 1st Istanbul Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey
1871: 1st Damanhur Massacres,Ottoman Egypt
1872: Edrine Massacres, Ottoman Turkey
1872: 1st Izmir Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey
1873: 2nd Damanhur Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1874: 2nd Izmir Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey
1874: 2nd Istanbul Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey
1874: 2nd Beirut Pogrom,Ottoman Lebanon
1875: 2nd Aleppo Pogrom, Ottoman Syria
1875: Jerba Island Massacre, Ottoman Tunisia
1877: 3rd Damanhur Massacres,Ottoman Egypt
1877: Mansura Pogrom, Ottoman Egypt
1882: Homs Massacre, Ottoman Syria
1882: 3rd Alexandria Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1890: 2nd Cairo Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1890: 3rd Damascus Pogrom, Ottoman Syria
1891: 4th Damanahur Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1897: Tripolitania killings,Ottoman Libya
1903&1907: Taza & Settat, pogroms, Morocco
1890: Tunis Massacres, Ottoman Tunisia
1901 – 1902: 3rd Cairo Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1901 – 1907: 4th Alexandria Massacres,Ottoman Egypt
1903: 1st Port Sa’id Massacres, Ottoman Egypt
1903 – 1940: Pogroms of Taza and Settat, Morocco
1907: Casablanca, pogrom, Morocco
1908: 2nd Port Said Massacres,Ottoman Egypt
1910: Shiraz blood libel
1911: Shiraz Pogrom
1912: 4th Fez , Pogrom, Morocco
1917: Baghdadi Jewish Inquisition, Ottoman empire
1918: 1948: law passed making it illegal to raise an orphan Jewish, Yemen
1920: Irbid Massacres: British mandate Palestine
1920: 1930: Arab riots, British mandate Palestine
1921: 1st Jaffa riots, British mandate Palestine
1922: Djerba Massacres, Tunisia
1928: Ikhwan Masacres, Egypt, and british mandate Palestine.
1928: Jewish orphans sold into slavery, and forced to convert t Islam by Muslim Brotherhood, Yemen
1929: 3rd Hebron Pogrom British mandate Palestine.
1929: 3rd Safed Pogrom, British mandate Palestine.
1933: 2nd Jaffa riots, British mandate Palestine.
1934: Thrace Pogroms, Turkey
1934: 1st Farhud Massacres, Iraq
1936: 3rd Jaffa riots, British mandate Palestine
1936: 2nd Farhud Massacres, Iraq
1941: 3rd Farhud Massacres, Iraq
1942: Mufti collaboration with the Nazis. plays a part in the final solution
1942: Struma disaster, Turkey
1942: Nile delta Pogroms, Egypt
1938: 1945: Arab collaboration with the Nazis
1945: 4th Cairo Massacres, Egypt
1945: Tripolitania Pogrom, Libya
1947: Aden Pogroms
1947: 3rd Aleppo Pogrom, Syria
1948: “Emptying ” of the Jewish quarter of Damascus, Syria
1948: 1st Arab Israeli war (1 out of every 100 Jew was killed)
1948: Oujda & Jerada Pogroms, Morocco
1948: 1st Libyan Inquisition of Jews
1951: 2nd Libyan Inquisition of Jews
1955: 3rd Istanbul Pogrom, Turkey
1956: 1st Egyptian Inquisition of Jews
1965: 5th Fez Pogrom, Morocco
1967: 2nd Egyptian Inquisition of Jews
1967: Tunis riots, Tunisia
The ‘Palestinian Cause’ as recognized by numerous Arab academics exposing militant Islamism is simply about land conquest from the original indigenous population.
Joseph Farah, Arab writer and journalist in ‘Myths Of The Middle East’.
“There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians.
Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians (another recent invention), Syrians, Iraqis etc. Keep in mind that the Arabs control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands. Israel represents one – tenth of one percent of the landmass. But that’s too much for the Arabs. They want it all. And that is ultimately what the fighting in Israel is about today. No matter how many land concessions the Israelis make, it will never be enough”.
If the Palestinian objectives were to be fulfilled this list of atrocities would undoubtedly be extended. However, the Jewish people are not such easy prey these days for their enemies.
No morally decent person, nation , political or religious organization should support a Nazi ideological cause such as that promoted by the recently constructed ‘Palestinians’ whose two Charters of 1968 – the Palestinian National Council one and the Palestinian Hamas Charter of 1988, demand extermination of Jewish people and subservience to Islam of all other races and religions.
Fortunately, other Arab countries through the Trump initiated Abraham accords are becoming disinterested the ‘Palestinian cause’ and developing military, political and economic relationships with Israel. These developing ties are on an unstoppable upward trajectory which mocks and damages the disgraceful Palestinian objectives and until those objectives as identified within the excremental Palestinian Charters are totally ditched no peace can ever be attained with the Islamic Nazis called the Palestinians.
Peter Baum apparently does not know Middle East history, or simply wants to distort it to serve his specific purpose — cultural annihilation of the Palestinians.
First, Abraham and his tribesmen lived in Ur, a city in ancient Babylon – present-day Iraq. It was here that God supposedly told him to take his people and migrate to Canaan — where the Palestinians lived.
Secondly, even the Bible mentions the Palestinians, when relating the battle between David and Goliath, who was a Palestinian (Philistine).
Finally, Baum is advised to read the book by Professor Shlomo Sand, titled “The Invention of the Jewish People”, (Verso, 2010)
Alexander Cudsi, the Philistines were Greek seafarers, not Arabs. Please stop spreading misinformation.
Fairy tales that children are forced to believe. (and Mohamed rode a unicorn to visit all of the Jewish Prophets)
TY for the rebuttle!!
Wonderful article. Very informative and educative. Thanks to Peter Baum, author of this article, and of course to Blitz, the newspaper which has been publishing truth about Israel and Jewish people for almost two decades. This is the only newspaper in the entire Muslim world that never resorts to twisting or molesting fact. Wish there were many such newspapers in the world. But what strikes me as surprising is that this newspaper does not receive any funding from any Israeli organization or Jewish individual. I am not sure whether they do not receive funding, or whether we do not help them. The truth is, unfortunately, we as a nation are very ungrateful. If we do not support our well-wishers, we will soon find ourselves in the midst of another pre-Holocaust situation where we will no longer have any to support us, not even ourselves. All we will have around are people who want to see us extinct. That is exactly what happened in pre-Nazi Europe, didn’t it? For a newspaper that has provided its service to the Jewish Nation and our people, it surprises me as to how they still not receive any help from us. If this newspaper were supporting Iran or any other Middle-Eastern nation with such fervor, they would have received all sorts of help from those regimes. Explains why, despite being oppressed for centuries, we still are a persecuted nation, who is consistently harassed and attacked by everyone else – we do not care about our well-wishers and supporters, others do. The truth is, we are a very selfish and ungrateful nation.
Apparently you do not know history. The philistines cease to exist as an extant people by 500BC. The term “Palestinian” was applied to anyone living in the geographical area called Palestine. Baum noted how that region acquired that name following the failure of the Bar Kochbah revolt. The term Palestinian is thus analogous to “European”.
There was never a state, nation, country, kingdom or independent entity called Palestine ever
Shlomo Sand is hopelessly incompetent
Genetics explain why (and the least of Sand’s problems).
As things are currently going in America, People in the future will state, “America, never heard of it.”
Palestine is the British mandate from 1923-1948 not to be confused with the romans Palaestina
Palestinians are Fairytale. Phillistine has nothing to do with the so-called Palestinians
Phillistine, Palaestina, Palestine etc. are all European names of geographical areas in Middle East.
For the local population it was Syria.
Thank you Peter for yet another fascinating and informative piece of research. Having looked through the exhaustive list of persecutions visited on the Jews by their Arab and Muslim overlords, I am moved to ask why we didn’t establish a Jewish protection organisation a great deal sooner.
The biblical philistines were from the area of today’s cyprus and had a port where Gaza is today. They were not “Palestinians”, nor “arabs” and of course not Muslims and that people, like many other biblical people do not exist today. Enough with that idiotic lie. The Palestinians today call themselves “Palestinians” because the Romans changed the name of this land from Judea to “Syria-Palestina” after 70AD, as they expelled the Jews from it. They stole the Roman rebranding for themselves. They’re just Egyptians and Saudis.
You’re not a professor of anything but hate. Probably a rabid liberal.
Great article!!!