The Royal Commission of Inquiry, recently returned from a two-month Palestine investigation, confirmed officially today the report that it will hold its first public hearing in London on Thursday.
The session, scheduled to be held in the House of Lords committee room, will have Col. Josiah Wedgwood, Labor Member of Parliament, and Vladimir Jabotinsky, president of the New Zionist Organization, among the first witnesses.
The inquiry in Palestine lasted 70 days, comprising 53 sessions, of which 32 were public. Seventy-one witnesses testified, including 20 Britons, 37 Jews and 14 Arabs.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
