Musa Hadeib Explained

Sheikh Musa Hadeib
Birth Place:Dawaymeh, near Hebron
Death Date:October 1929
Death Place:Jerusalem
Occupation:Head of Mount Hebron farmers' party, Founder of Muslim National Associations
Known For:Collaboration with Zionists, Assassination near Herod's Gate

Sheikh Musa Hadeib was the head of Mount Hebron farmers' party and a founder of the Zionist-supported Muslim National Associations. He was from the village of Dawaymeh near Hebron.[1]

In October 1929, Musa Hadeib was killed near Herod's Gate in Jerusalem, accused of collaborating with the Zionists.[2] His killers were never apprehended, but both his family and the Zionist Executive claimed that the followers of Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the leader of the Supreme Muslim Council, were responsible.[2] [3] His killers, according to Zionist intelligence, were three men dressed as women, from the Maraqa clan of Hebron.[4]

The JTA reported the incident as having occurred on October 13, 1929 stating "Great excitement prevailed in Jerusalem today over the murder of Musa Isdeb, an Arab from a village near Hebron, who was killed at Herod’s Gate... It is presumed that the Arab is a victim of inner political enmities between Arab factions, the murdered man supposedly being active in propaganda against the Grand Mufti."[5]

A follow-up article from October 22, 1929 called the incident a blood feud "between the family of the late Mousa Adeb, founder of the Arab peasant party and opponent of the Grand Mufti, and the clan of Amin El Husseini."[6]

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Notes and References

  1. [Hillel Cohen|Cohen, Hillel]
  2. Cohen, Hillel Army of Shadows: Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917–1948. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. p. 59
  3. http://www.thenation.com/article/shadowplays Shadowplays
  4. http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Research_11/The_Tangled_Truth_printer.shtml The Tangled Truth
  5. Web site: Murder of Arab Causes Great Excitement. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 16 October 1929. 2017-05-10.
  6. Web site: Feud Threatens Between Family of Murdered Arab and Grand Mufti's Clan. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 22 October 1929. 2017-05-10.