The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 59)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 59)

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Th isin 1929 »
August 1929 saw the most violent uprising the country had seen during
the British rule until then. This was referred to officially as the Wailing
Wall incident.
The Wailing Wall (as the Jews call it, the Buraq Wall as the Muslims
know it), is the western wall of the al-Aqsa Mosque which is the third
most holy place for Muslims after Mecca and Medina. It is Muslim
property and Jews were traditionally allowed to pray there with mutual
understanding between both communities concerning certain rules which
were to be observed by the Jews. This included a rule forbidding them
from bringing screens and furniture to the foot of the wall. The incident
began when Jews brought screens to the wall; the British authorities
ordered them to remove a screen, and when it was not removed, the
police moved it forcibly.
The government appointed a commission to study the status of the
interested parties regarding the wall. The commission findings were
published on the 19th November 1928 and concluded that the wall was
Muslim property. This came as no surprise to the Jews, but some Zionist
extremists wrote about it in the Hebrew press and made a national issue
of it. At the same time, the Arabs, who were offended, became agitated
and much was written in the Arab press as well.
On the 3rd August 1929, a Jew was wounded near the wall by an Arab.
On the 14th two Zionist organisations sponsored a meeting in Tel-Aviv,
in which they incited the Jews against the Arabs. This culminated in a
Jewish demonstration at the wall the following day. In return, there was a
29 The following events are compiled from the following
sources:
Y. Porath, The Palestinian Arab National Movement.
A.W. Kayyali, Palestine, A Modern History.
Bayan al-Hout, al-Qiyadat Wa al-Mu’assasat.
Mohammad Izzat Darwazah, al-Qadiya al-Filastiniya.
Robert John and Sami Hada, Palestine Diary.
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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