slaughtered and burned. many accounts blame the grand mufti of jerusalem hard i mean a hussaini the british had appointed him the supreme muslim cleric a representative of the arab population he was to ensure noor in order but hebron was only the beginning the more gin sought refuge in palestine the more threatened saini salta arab interest in one thousand thirty six he founded and headed the influential arab higher committee from then on the riots became part of everyday life especially in jerusalem. after the arab revolt broke out arabs and jews paraded. you can't be in love with each other when you're at war. jews have been arming themselves since before nine hundred twenty the illegal underground militia had and now it was