During the week of riots from 23 to 29 August , 133 Jews were killed Killing and between 198–241 others were injured Bodily_harm , a large majority of whom were unarmed and were murdered Killing in their homes by Arabs , while at least 116 Arabs were killed Killing and at least 232 were injured Bodily_harm , mostly by the British police while trying to suppress the riots , although around 20 were killed Killing by Jewish attacks Attack or indiscriminate British gunfire .

On the first day of the riots Violence , the British government had enlisted Becoming_a_member and armed 41 Jewish special constables , 18 Jewish ex-soldiers and a further 60 Jews were issued staves .