Hassan Bey Shukri

Hassan Bey Shukri (حسن بك شكري; 1876–1940) was the mayor of Haifa[2] and the president of the Muslim National Associations.

In 1914, as the military governor of Jaffa, Shukri issued a directive ordering Jewish workers at a Tel Aviv flour mill to work on Shabbat despite their religious beliefs.

We are certain that without Jewish immigration and financial assistance there will be no future development of our country as may be judged from the fact that the towns inhabited in part by Jews such as Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, and Tiberias are making steady progress while Nablus, Acre, and Nazareth where no Jews reside are steadily declining.

[5]In 1927 Municipal Councils elections in Mandatory Palestine, Shukri was reelected as mayor of Haifa with Jewish support.

He escaped without injury, but several months later an Arab fired four shots at Shukri as he entered Haifa City Hall.