Supreme Moslem Council, Palestine - Statement of the Moslem Position

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Beyl-Ul-Makdes

Jerusalem

1929

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The status of the Western Wall during the British Mandate was riddled with controversy with both Jew and Arab claiming right to the site as a place of worship. A build up of tension over these disputed rights culminated in attacks by Arabs throughout the country, the most notorious being the Hebron massacre of August 1929 in which some seventy Jews were killed. In the wake of the violence, a Special Commission of Inquiry was set up by the League of Nations to resolve the “Problem of the Wall." The present pamphlet sets out the views of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, according to whom the Zionists used the religious issue of the Wall as a pretext to advance their political aspirations.