By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
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They could have been saved. Apparently, information about the unprovoked murder spree against the Jewish residents of Hevron, including the relocated Slabodka Yeshiva, had reached Jerusalem on the fateful day itself.
Mr. Harbater, a wealthy American who lived in the Kiryat Moshe section of Jerusalem, had begged the British to start a convoy toward Hevron in order to stop the carnage and to save the critically wounded. He offered to pay for the expenses involved in arranging such a convoy. The British refused.
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All this has been revealed in an interview with Mr. Michael Harbater, the son of Hevron survivor, Rabbi Moshe Harbater. Rabbi Harbater subsequently went to study in the Mir Yeshiva in Poland and received smicha from Rabbi Eliezer Yudel Finkel zt”l, the Mir Rosh Yeshiva.
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It’s old news that the British looked the other way and stood back while the pogroms were happening.
And on the other hand in no way was it unprovoked. The British repeatedly asked the R Kook faction to stop stoking the fire and not hold marches and rallies inciting the Arab murderers.
Kudos to R. Hoffman and Mr. Harbater for the great interview!