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* The resentment of the Arabs flared into violence in 1929;
* Jewish-Arab controversy over rights to the Wailing Wall of the
Herodian Temple developed into open conflict;
* The Christian Arabs joining with the Mohammedans against the
Jews.
A British Commission reported that the disturbances
were caused by rising Arab fears of a rising Jewish
majority and the systematic acquisition of land by the
invaders. The Commission recommended that restriction
be placed on immigration and the purchase of land. In
spite of the cries of the Zionists, the recommendations
were accepted. The British Government published the
findings in what is known as the White Book, October 20,
1930. . . In November 1938, the British Government
announced that it would drop the partition proposal and
attempt to promote an understanding between the Arabs
and the Zionists. The Arabs took the understandable
position that their country was being stolen from them,
and that the negotiations were in a category of bargaining
with a thief for the return of some portion of your
property.
When the Arabs and the Jews were unable to reach an
agreement the British announced that it would have to
find a solution of its own. In its White Paper of May 17,
1939, it rejected its former interpretations of the Balfour
Declaration as contrary to British obligations to the
Arabs. The statesmen of Britain undoubtedly realized the
unfairness of the Balfour Declaration to the Arabs after it
was too late to do much about it. The so-called
MacDonald White Paper of 1939 was an apparently
sincere desire to