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Zaki Alhadif

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Zaki Alhadif
זאכי אלחדיף
Alhadif between 1928-38
Mayor of Tiberias
In office
October 1923 – October 27, 1938
Personal details
Born1890
Died27 October 1938(1938-10-27) (aged 47–48) (assassinated)
Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityMandatory Palestine Palestinian Jew

Zaki Alhadif (Hebrew: זאכי אלחדיף; 1890 – October 27 1938) was a Sephardic Jewish[1] politician in Mandatory Palestine who served as the mayor of Tiberias.[2][3]

Alhadif was appointed as a temporary mayor in October 1923.[4] He was elected to the post in the 1927 Municipal Councils elections in Mandatory Palestine, and reacted in 1934.

Alhdif was one of the signatories to an open letter calling for the 1929 Palestine riots to end.[5]

Alhadif administrated Tiberias during the 1938 Tiberias massacre, and was assassinated on October 27 that year.[6][7]

Memorial in honour of Alhadif

Alhadif was a supporter of Zionism.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jew Replaces Arab As Mayor of Tiberias". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1923-10-24. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. ^ "⁨The Palestine Post⁩ | Page 3 | 23 September 1934 | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel". www.nli.org.il. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  3. ^ Cohen, Hillel (2015-10-22). Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 978-1-61168-812-2.
  4. ^ "Jew Replaces Arab As Mayor of Tiberias". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1923-10-24. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  5. ^ a b Cohen, Hillel (2008). Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917–1948. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25989-8.
  6. ^ "The Sex Worker Who Spied for Israel's Pre-state Militia". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  7. ^ Môrîs, Bennî (1999). Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-74475-7.