After years of peaceful co-existence with the surrounding Arab villagers , from whom they purchased vegetables , fruit and eggs , the inhabitants of Neve Yaakov were attacked during the 1929 Palestine riots , and many families returned to the Old City . According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities , Neve Yaakov had a population of 101 inhabitants , in 20 houses . In the course of the 1936 – 39 Arab revolt in Palestine , shots were heard from the Arab side almost every night . The British Mandate government supplied a cache of arms to defend Neve Yaakov , and members of the Zionist Haganah pre-state army moved in to guard the village and its water pipeline
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Neve Yaakov