THE "WESTERN WALL" RIOTS OF 1929: RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE.

The article presents an in-depth examination into the Palestinian Western Wall riots of 1929, focusing on the violence seen in the cities of Jerusalem, Safad and Hebron. The authors analyze the outbreaks as Arab attempts to control or re-define communal boundaries within the region in opposition to the rising immigration which came with the emerging Zionist movement. Details are given mapping the specific results of the riots as well as discussing the event's conceptual influence on contemporary nationalist politics among Palestinian Arabs.