Safed was the centre of Safad Subdistrict . According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities , Safed had a population of 8,761 inhabitants , consisting of 5,431 Muslims , 2,986 Jews , 343 Christians and others . Safed remained a mixed city during the British Mandate for Palestine and ethnic tensions between Jews and Arabs rose during the 1920s . With the eruption of the 1929 Palestine riots , Safed and Hebron became major clash points . In the Safed massacre 20 Jewish residents were killed by local Arabs . Safad was included in the part of Palestine allocated for the proposed Jewish state under the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
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