UK Amb. honors British officer who saved 100 Jews 100 years ago in Jaffa
Major Lionel Mansell Jeune saved the lives of at least a hundred Jews and an unknown number of Arabs during the 1921 riots in Jaffa, as commander of the port.
UK Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan on Sunday evening posthumously honoured a British officer at the Jaffa port where he saved many Jewish lives during the May 1st riots 100 years ago.(photo credit: NOA GUTMAN)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
