1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aden

1947 Aden riots
Part of Spillover of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
Aden from the Port of Aden, 1949
Date	2–4 December 1947
Location	Aden, Aden Protectorate 12°48′N 45°02′E / 12.800°N 45.033°E / 12.800; 45.033
Caused by	Disputes over United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
Methods	Rioting, melee attacks
Parties
Yemeni Arabs Jews of Aden Aden Protectorate Levies
Casualties and losses
38 killed 87+ injured 82 killed 76 injured Unknown

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The Aden riots of December 2–4, 1947 targeted the Jewish community in the British Colony of Aden. The riots broke out from a planned three-day Arab general strike in protest of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II), which created a partition plan for Palestine.^[1] The riots resulted in the deaths of 82 Jews,^[1][2] 33 Arabs, 4 Muslim Indians, and one Somali,^[1] as well as wide-scale devastation of the local Jewish community of Aden.^[2][3] The Aden Protectorate Levies, a military force of local Arab-Muslim recruits dispatched by the British governor Reginald Champion to quell the riots, were responsible for much of the killing.^[1][4]