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==== Motza murders, 24 August ==== |
==== Motza murders, 24 August ==== |
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The Jewish village of [[Motza]], west of Jerusalem, had good relationships with the Arab community. The [[Haganah]] had offered to provide protection for the Jewish families in the town, but many such as the Makleff family rejected the offer as they did not believe the Arabs would harm them.<ref name= Bar>{{Cite news |last=Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am |title=Motza, first agricultural colony in modern Israel |newspaper=[[Times of Israel]] |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/motza-first-agricultural-colony-in-modern-israel/ |access-date=2022-12-10}}</ref> |
The Jewish village of [[Motza]], west of Jerusalem, had good relationships with the Arab community. The [[Haganah]] had offered to provide protection for the Jewish families in the town, but many such as the Makleff family rejected the offer as they did not believe the Arabs would harm them.<ref name= Bar>{{Cite news |last= Bar-Am |first= Aviva and Shmuel |title=Motza, first agricultural colony in modern Israel |newspaper=[[Times of Israel]] |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/motza-first-agricultural-colony-in-modern-israel/ |access-date=2022-12-10}}</ref> |
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[[File:Yizkortarpat58.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shach, who was murdered during the attack on Motza]] |
[[File:Yizkortarpat58.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shach, who was murdered during the attack on Motza]] |
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