Summary
Town (spelled Tulkeram in the report), administrative centre for about 40 villages, seat of a Sub-District Governor, described as almost exclusively Moslem with a few Christians and no Jews tolerated (Palestine. Disturbances in May, 1921. Reports of the Commission of Inquiry with Correspondence Relating Thereto, PDF p.7).
Details
- Excitement over the Jaffa riots concentrated at Tulkeram on 4-6 May 1921; crowds marched via Kakon toward Khedera, and the report fixes prima facie collective responsibility for the Khedera raid on Tulkeram and Kakon as the places of concentration and advance (Palestine. Disturbances in May, 1921. Reports of the Commission of Inquiry with Correspondence Relating Thereto, PDF p.8-10, 17).
- The report describes Tulkeram’s people as comparatively well educated (a said 40 per cent able to read and write), politically minded, and reading about Zionism in books and newspapers with extracts translated for those who could not read English (Palestine. Disturbances in May, 1921. Reports of the Commission of Inquiry with Correspondence Relating Thereto, PDF p.14).
Related pages
Palestine. Disturbances in May, 1921. Reports of the Commission of Inquiry with Correspondence Relating Thereto, Hadera, Jaffa Riots of May 1921