Join self-confessed history nerd Dr. Noam Weissman on a journey through the fascinating and sometimes controversial events and personalities that have shaped Israel’s past and present. Each week, Noam explores the layers of Israeli history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the cultural forces at play—drawing on a variety of sources and perspectives. Whether you’re a history enthusiast or simply looking to better understand this complex region, you’ll find a nuanced, authentic, and thought-provoking take on Israel—free from oversimplification and political spin.
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Join self-confessed history nerd Dr. Noam Weissman on a journey through the fascinating and sometimes controversial events and personalities that have shaped Israel’s past and present. Each week, Noam explores the layers of Israeli history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the cultural forces at play—drawing on a variety of sources and perspectives. Whether you’re a history enthusiast or simply looking to better understand this complex region, you’ll find a nuanced, authentic, and thought-provoking take on Israel—free from oversimplification and political spin.
Revisiting the Hebron Massacre: Myths and Their Deadly Repercussions (Part 1)
Unpacking Israeli History
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Revisiting the Hebron Massacre: Myths and Their Deadly Repercussions (Part 1)
This week, we’re revisiting one of the most overlooked yet consequential chapters in the Arab–Israeli conflict: the 1929 Hebron Massacre. In just two days, 67 Jews were murdered and an ancient community was destroyed—all sparked by a lie about Jewish plans to take over Al-Aqsa, a false rumor whose fear and fury have echoed for generations. Understanding this story is essential to understanding the region itself.
We’re re-releasing this episode now because next week, Noam sits down with journalist and author Yardena Schwartz, author of Ghosts of a Holy War, to explore Hebron’s past and present, and how the mythology surrounding Al-Aqsa continues to shape the conflict in profound ways.
This episode, first released in Season 3, is generously sponsored by Liz and Moshe Neiman. To sponsor an episode or to be in touch, please email noam@unpacked.media.
Here are links to the sources used in this episode:
Unpacking Israeli History about Black Saturday: https://jewishunpacked.com/black-saturday-how-far-would-you-go-for-a-homeland/
Unpacking Israeli History about UN Resolution 3379: https://jewishunpacked.com/is-zionism-racism-un-resolution-3379/
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life, Sari Nusseibeh
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amin-al-Husayni
https://www.britannica.com/topic/mufti
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-the-mufti-of-jerusalem
A History of Israel, From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time, Howard Sachar
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998, Benny Morris
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, Tom Segev
Reapproaching Borders: New Perspectives on the Study of Israel-Palestine, Sandy Sufian and Mark Levine
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1929-hebron-massacre-begins-1.5427655
https://www.jpost.com/features/in-thespotlight/this-week-in-history-the-1929-hebron-massacre
Israel: A History, Martin Gilbert
The Claim of Dispossession, Aryeh Avneri
Year after the Riots: American Responses to the Palestine Crisis of 1929-30, Naomi Cohen
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015066430987&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021, The Shaw Report
https://www.jta.org/archive/testimony-of-orphaned-jewish-children-moves-hebron-court
Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929, Hillel Cohen
http://en.jabotinsky.org/media/9747/the-iron-wall.pdf
https://www.sefaria.org/topics/mashiach?tab=sources
https://hebronfund.org/the-return-to-hebron-1967/
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Join self-confessed history nerd Dr. Noam Weissman on a journey through the fascinating and sometimes controversial events and personalities that have shaped Israel’s past and present. Each week, Noam explores the layers of Israeli history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the cultural forces at play—drawing on a variety of sources and perspectives. Whether you’re a history enthusiast or simply looking to better understand this complex region, you’ll find a nuanced, authentic, and thought-provoking take on Israel—free from oversimplification and political spin.
