A joint protest against the attitude of the Palestine government toward the latest anti-Jewish attacks at the Western Wall of the Temple perpetrated by Moslem Arabs was voiced in a memorandum submitted Sunday morning to Acting High Commissioner Luke by a delegation representing the Chief Rabbinate, the Zionist Executive and the National Council of Palestine Jews.
The delegation described the statement issued by the Palestine government concerning the events of the past few days as “inaccurate and insufficient.” The delegation blamed the Palestine government for allowing the Moslem demonstrators to invade the area of the Western Wall and to attack the Jewish worshippers. The delegation drew to the attention of the Acting High Commissioner that not-withstanding the police precautions and following the Friday events, a crowd of Arabs invaded the Wailing Wall are Saturday morning during the Sabbath prayers, making use of the recently opened door for which the government granted permission, assuring the Jewish representatives that this door would not be used as a passage during prayer hours. The delegation demanded that the offenders be punished.
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