The Betharabi and Province News reported in 1903 on Jewish agitators in Chisinau preparing for war, riot, and murder.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
No source mentions a paper called "Betharabi and Province News." The sources describe the 1903 Chisinau paper Bessarabets, edited by Pavel Krushevan, which spread a false blood-libel story against Jews and incited the Kishinev pogrom, in which Jewish victims were killed by mobs.
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… But when you have so few people who could speak the language in Western Europe, and especially the United States, it fell on deaf ears. Um, uh, Betharabi and Province News, also from 1903, talking about the Jewish agitators and Chisinau and all these other places preparing for war, riot, and murder. And so many of their violence occurred on Easter, either the eve or the day of. And, uhm, in their Province News, they were eyewitnesses to this, but again, it wasn't in English, so it never quite penetrated. …
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Contradicts. Sources on the 1903 Kishinev events say the Bessarabets newspaper ran a false story that Jews killed a Christian boy and called for beating and killing Jews, and that its associated Black Gang organized gangs to prepare the slaughter.[1][2][3]
Contradicts. Contemporary and historical accounts describe the violence of April 1903 as a mob attack on the Jewish community, with 49 to 120 Jews killed, not a Jewish plot to riot and murder.[3][4][5]
Context. None of the provided sources mention a publication named "Betharabi and Province News"; the claimed name appears to be a garbled reference to Bessarabets, which the sources do not describe as reporting on Jewish agitators.[1][2][5]
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- 1Chişinău, Moldova (Pages 73-94) - JewishGenjewishgen.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 | This Is Bar Mitzvahthisisbarmitzvah.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Victims of 1903 pogrom commemorated in Chisinau - ipn.mdipn.md · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Victims of the Kischinev Pogrom, 1903cojs.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5History of the Jews in Chișinău - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
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