HaKatan, your selectiveness is indeed “because I said so”.
According to you, multiple newspapers at the time describing events as they went on daily, all of which supplied more to the story than Rabbi Kaplan, are not valid sources. But his lack of connectedness with current events outside his daled amos, as present in 1929, is 100% emes!
HaKatan, you don’t care enough about historical accuracy. If anyone wants a better picture of what happened both immediately before and after, you are invited to read an article titled “Eye Witnesses Describe Horrors of the Moslem Arabs’ Attacks at Hebron on Saturday, August 24”. It’s dated September 1, 1929, and is available publicly and online from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA).
Rabbi Jacob Joseph Slonim understood his city much better than any American relatively fresh off the boat with next to no connection to current events. Haganah youth didn’t show up in Chevron one day before for no reason. Rabbi Slonim didn’t necessarily agree with their presence (based purely on excessive optimism) but knew why they were there.
This is my last post on this thread. I’ve made my case, and everyone besides the three stooges knows that said individuals lack reading comprehension skills. They should learn some political history and evolution of communal relationships in Eretz Yisrael, once they rejuvenate their brains from long(er)-form brainrot.
HaKatan, you can have the last word if you want it so badly. My posts above, although directed at you, are not intended for you. I wouldn’t argue this with a close-minded stranger in an empty room, ditto for a close-minded stranger in private. Anything so pressing and leading to so much disagreement contains more to the story. Right or wrong, you’ll get nowhere without that.
