\"In 1929 there weren\'t any so-called settlers. There wasn\'t a Jewish state. There were about 1000 Jews who lived in Hevron in harmony with their Arab neighbors. They so trusted their neighbors that they refused to keep any weapons for self-protection. The day before the riots began, 4 Jews from Jerusalem visited Hevron, bringing weapons with them, and offering them to the Jewish community in Hevron. Yet Hevron\'s leadership declined, saying that the weapons would only serve as a provocation. They were sure that their good friends, their Arab neighbors, would protect them.....Yet the consequence of trusting the Arabs was a horrid massacre.....\"

--David Wilder (hebron@hebron.org.il) speaking on the 1929 Hevron massacre which claimed the lives of 67 Jews. Hear his commentary