JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After the appalling massacre of 67 Jews in Hevron in 1929, the British (who had done very little to prevent the massacre despite having a significant police presence in Hevron) made a commission of inquiry to find the ring leaders of the brutal pogrom.
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In all, 25 Arabs were sentenced to death but the British commuted the sentences of 22 and only the three most savage murderers were hanged- among them a certain Mohammed Jamjum, who was hanged at Acre prison on 17 June 1930.
After their hanging the Arab leaders called a general strike and thousands attended his funeral. The Arab leadership even specified 17 June as Shuhada day- “the day of the saints.” Thus the Arab tradition enshrined and glorified the gruesome murderers of Hevron’s Jews. A chant “From Acre Prison their funeral went out”, based on a poem by a Haifa Arab, became a national tune, and its words immortalize the murderers for their actions.
Fast forward to 2024: The Jamjum family still lives proudly to this day in Hevron, basking in the glory of their fallen ancestor. One of their descendants is Fadi Jamjum, whose father married a Jerusalem resident and thus via family reunification received temporary citizenship, enabling him and his family to live in the Shuafat neighborhood and to move freely in Israel. Fadi and his father performed renovation jobs for Jews.
Fadi, a devout Muslim, became a Sheikh, a Muslim leader, and wore the traditional skullcap and long garb of Muslims. At the same time he maintained his family’s fanatical hatred of Jews and of Israel and maintained affiliation to Hamas, like most of Hevron’s Arabs.
In recent years he would ascend regularly to Temple Mount with his father and brother, where he could hear the inciteful sermons against Jews on a daily basis. Other family members echoed the incitement on their social media pages.
Last Friday, Jamjum left his home and drove towards central Israel. Seeing a large group waiting at a bus stop near Re’em junction, he saw the opportunity to continue the family’s bloody tradition. Opening fire indiscriminately, Fadi murdered two Jews, Yishai Gertner and Uri Yaish HyD, and injured four others, with one 16-year-old still in very serious condition. Fortunately an armed civilian was on hand to end the violent spree and eliminate yet another killer from the murderous Jamjum clan.
wow! what a story! arabs have such traditions of hatred.
But I am surprised to hear the the British actually executed 3 of them. That is very rare.