six hostages in particular were kept Temporary_stay because they were men and american citizens , not necessarily jews : robert norman schwartz , a u.s. defense Defending department researcher stationed in thailand ; james lee woods , schwartz 's assistant and security detail ; gerald berkowitz , an american-born jew and college chemistry professor ; rabbi abraham unk and his brother rabbi joseph unk , two brooklyn school teachers ; and john hollingsworth , a u.s. state department employee .

though the delegation was reluctantly received Receiving by vice president henry wallace , president franklin d. roosevelt avoided Preventing_or_letting meeting the rabbis , both out of concerns regarding diplomatic neutrality , but also influenced Influence by the advice of some of his jewish aides and several prominent american jews .

it was the largest single revolt Change_of_leadership by jews during world war ii .

the hebron massacre refers Name_conferral to the killing Killing of sixty-seven or sixty-nine jews on 24 august 1929 in hebron , then part of mandatory palestine , by arabs incited to violence Violence by rumors that jews were planning Arranging to seize Getting control of the temple mount in jerusalem .

the hebron massacre refers Name_conferral to the killing Killing of sixty-seven or sixty-nine jews on 24 august 1929 in hebron , then part of mandatory palestine , by arabs incited to violence Violence by rumors that jews were planning Arranging to seize Getting control of the temple mount in jerusalem .

the sectarian conflict Violence between palestinian jews and arabs emerged Coming_to_be in the 1920s , peaking Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale into a full-scale civil war Military_operation in 1947 and transforming Change into the first unk war Military_operation in may 1948 , following the israeli declaration Expressing_publicly of independence Change_of_leadership .

the unk shaw commission found Know that the fundamental cause of the violence Violence `` without which in our opinion disturbances either would not have occurred Coming_to_be or would not have been little more than a local riot Violence , is the arab feeling of animosity and hostility towards the jews consequent upon the disappointment of their political and national aspirations and fear for their economic future , ” as well as arab fears of jewish immigrants `` not only as a menace Commitment to their livelihood but as a possible overlord of the future . ''