Collection of Publications – The Western Wall Affair and the 1929 Arab Riots in Palestine

Collection of Publications – The Western Wall Affair and the 1929 Arab Riots in Palestine
Four English publications, including official publications of the Mandate government, pertaining to the Western Wall affair and the 1929 Arab Riots in Palestine. 1928-1930.
1. The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. London: His Majesty's Stationery's Office, 1928.
A short report on the status of the Western Wall and the prayer service beside it, in light of the 1928 Yom Kippur incident.
On Yom Kippur 1928, the British Mandate police removed a partition that was placed by Jews at the Western Wall, claiming that it was violating the status quo. The removal of the partition caused much resentment among the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine and was the trigger for the 1929 riots.
6 pp. 24 cm. Good condition. Stains, blemishes and small tears.
2. Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929. London: His Majesty's Stationery's Office, 1930.
202 pp. [2] leaves + [4] folded maps, 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, blemishes and small tears.
3. Memorandum on the Western Wall, Submitted to the Special Commission of the League of Nations on behalf of the Rabbinate, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, the Jewish Community of Palestine (Knesseth Israel) and the Central Agudath Israel of Palestine. Publisher not indicated. Jerusalem, June 1930.
The memorandum attempts to prove the historical right of the Jewish people to the Western Wall. It discusses prayer customs at the Western Wall and the attitude of the authorities to the prayers throughout documented history.
5-76 pp. Missing pp. 1-4. 31 cm. Good condition. Cover detached. Blemishes, stains and small tears to cover.
4. Beneath the Whitewash [a Critical Analysis of the Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929], by Horace B. Samuel. London: Hogarth, 1930.
A report by lawyer Horace Samuel (later, the defense attorney of Avraham Stavsky and Zvi Rosenblatt, who were accused of Arlosoroff's murder), claiming a cover-up by the Shaw – the British commission of inquiry established to investigate the 1929 riots.
VII, 50 pp. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.