Wadi Salib riots

When

9 Jul 1959

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

32.81° N, 35.00° E

Description

street demonstrations in Israel in 1959

Placed at the town its title names, Wadi Salib.

Street demonstrations in Israel in 1959

The Wadi Salib riots were a series of street demonstrations and acts of vandalism in the Wadi Salib neighborhood of Haifa, Israel, in 1959. They were sparked by the shooting of a Moroccan Jewish immigrant by police officers. Demonstrators accused the police of ethnic discrimination against Mizrahi Jews.

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