From JTA, August 8, 1934:
A scene of utter desolation and horror, of Jewish girls with their breasts cut off, of little children with numerous knife wounds and of whole families locked in their homes and burned to death, was described by a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent, who succeeded in reaching this city today.“It will take days before the world will obtain a true picture of all the atrocities committed by the Arabs during the pogrom on the Jewish quarter,” the correspondent wired.“The only comparison I can think of is the Palestine riots of 1929. I found Jewish girls with their breasts cut off, greybearded Jews stabbed to death, little Jewish children dead of numerous knife wounds and whole families locked in their homes and burned to death by the rioters.
A more extensive report added these details:
Women attacked and breasts cut off. Families locking themselves in rooms and either being burned to death or forced to escape when their houses are burned down, where they are slaughtered.
This sounds chillingly familiar.
The people who say "history didn't start on October 7" are entirely right. Arabs have mercilessly attacked Jews on any or no pretense for centuries beforehand - and, just like today, they look at these massacres as honorable battles.
In the end, 25 Jews were murdered, and over a thousand were forced to leave their homes.
An Algerian newspaper interviewed historian,Dr. Ammar Talebi, about the event, and he painted the massacre in heroic terms, saying that the Jews insulted Mohammed and killed Muslim children, and were then confronted. [Algerian media often rewrite the episode to make themselves look heroic.] The historian himself draws a comparison between Constantine and October 7, saying, "This is [the Jews'] policy from the battle of Constantine to the battle of Gaza. History repeated itself. Their state will be annihilated."
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