Zaki Alhadif Explained

Zaki Alhadif (; 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]} Alhadif was a supporter of Zionism.

Notes and References

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