Tudor Parfitt writes, "the riots, which would have been quite inconceivable a short time before, were the first serious indication of dissatisfaction with British rule in the history of the colony".
[3] Looking at a few examples such as Aden, Libya, and Iraq it is clear that distaste for colonial rule and resentment over the Zionist movement resounded within Muslim communities in the Arab world.
[12] In the case of Lebanon, Zionism was never received by the Jewish population to an extent to warrant significant riots or anti-Jewish violence.
In a letter to Colonel Frederick Kisch, the chairman of the Zionist Executive wrote that prior to 1929 all the Lebanese communities including the Jews "showed no interest in the Palestine question".
In discussion of this Schulze writes, "a pro-Zionist approach by segments of the Maronite community (arose) who sought an alliance with Jewish Palestine to avert ‘the danger of Islam’.
"[18] Furthermore, Eisenberg discusses the Maronite saying "After Saturday, Sunday," a proverb meant to communicate the idea "that once the Muslims do away with the Jews, they will turn on the Christians".
Tudor Parfitt describes the situation in Aden writing, "Arab concern with the problem of Palestine had been transformed into a deep local resentment of Jews by a number of factors.
A certain unaccustomed assertiveness on the part of the Jewish community in Aden, the fact that the Jews hoisted Zionist flags on V.E.
day and of course the very visible flow of Jewish refugees into Aden from the Yemen bound for Palestine combined to create an entirely new atmosphere".
[27] Like Aden and Tripoli, Libya: Iraq, Syria, Morocco, and Egypt simply to name a few, experienced anti-Jewish violence.
Not only did this violence occur as a reaction to the rise of Zionism and the state of Israel, but also as a symbol of dissatisfaction with foreign rule.
[30] It seems that Arab-Jewish tension over the creation of Israel created inhospitable conditions for Middle Eastern Jews, including anti-Jewish riots, bombings, and criminal charges.
These conditions grew out of years of growing dissatisfaction with European colonization, and Zionism on the part of the Muslims within Arab countries.
Haim Saadoun in referencing an article written by Mohammed Kholti in 1934 writes, "they (the Jews) had betrayed the Muslims because their loyalty should have been to the Sherifian Empire whose hospitality had been well known from centuries.
Yet, what is most striking about this instance, and evidences the good Jewish-Muslim relationship within Lebanon, was a statement by Jewish community president Joseph Attieh.
Attieh stated that the Jewish community "felt exactly as safe with either Muslim or Christian military and police forces".
In 1975 the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Lebanese Nationalist Movement (LNM) made moves into Wadi Abu Jamil.
It seems that much of this trust and commradery stemmed from favorable Lebanese-Zionist interactions, though Lebanese Jews were not prepared to immigrate to Israel.
Isaac Sasson, a leader of the Lebanese Jewish community, who was kidnapped at gunpoint 31 March 1985, on his way from the Beirut International Airport, after a trip to Abu Dhabi.
Cohen, Tarrab, and Srour were killed by their captors, a Shiite Muslim group called The Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, which is believed to have been part of or had links to Hezbollah.