Jaffa

====1920s: conflict and development====
According to the [[1922 census of Palestine]] conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Jaffa had a population of 47,799, consisting of 20,699 Muslims, 20,152 Jews and 6,850 Christians,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, p.[https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n8/mode/1up 6]</ref> increasing to 51,866 in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]], residing in 11,304 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 13]</ref>

During the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]], tension between the Jewish and Arab population increased. A wave of Arab attacks during 1920 and 1921 caused many Jewish residents to flee and resettle in [[Tel Aviv]], initially a marginal Jewish neighborhood north of Jaffa. The [[Jaffa riots]] in 1921, (known in Hebrew as ''Meoraot Tarpa'') began with a [[May Day]] parade that turned violent. Arab rioters attacked Jewish residents and buildings killing 47 Jews and wounding 146.<ref>Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the disturbances in the British Mandate of Palestine in May 1921, with correspondence relating thereto (Disturbances), 1921, Cmd. 1540, p. 60.</ref> The Hebrew author [[Yosef Haim Brenner]] was killed in the riots.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sarahhonig.com/2009/04/30/another-tack-the-may-day-massacre-of-1921/ |title= Another Tack: The May Day Massacre of 1921 |date= 30 April 2009 |first= Sarah |last= Honig}}</ref> At the end of 1922, Tel Aviv had 15,000 residents: by 1927, the population had risen to 38,000.

Still, during most of the 1920s Jaffa and Tel Aviv maintained peaceful co-existence. Most Jewish businesses were located in Jaffa, some Jewish neighbourhoods paid taxes to the municipality of Jaffa, many young Jews who could not afford the housing costs of Tel Aviv resided there, and the big neighbourhood of [[Menashiya]] was by and large fully mixed. The first electric company in the British Mandate of Palestine, although owned by Jewish shareholders, had been named the Jaffa Electric Company. In 1923, both Jaffa and Tel Aviv had begun a rapid process of wired electrification through a joint grid.<ref>Ronen Shamir (2013) Current Flow: The Electrification of Palestine. Stanford: Stanford University Press</ref>
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