Tojat
The League of Nations approved the commission on condition that the members were not British. The episode made international news and Jews the world over objected to the British action. From the collection of the National Library of Israel.
Shakam
However, repeated reminders to the Chief Rabbinate to verify which apparatus had been permitted failed to elicit any response. In practice, a flexible modus vivendi had emerged and such screens had been put up from time to time when large numbers of people gathered to pray.
Brak
Although they appeared promising at first, negotiations broke down after strong Muslim opposition. A muezzin was appointed to perform the Islamic call to prayer and Sufi rites directly next to the Wall. Muslims were forbidden to disrupt Jewish devotions by driving animals or other means. It stressed that the removal of the screen was necessary, but expressed regret over the ensuing events. The Commission noted that 'the Jews do not claim any proprietorship to the Wall or to the Pavement in front of it concluding speech of Jewish Counsel, Minutes, page
Kagajind
Nor were Jews permitted to separate the sexes with a screen. The League of Nations approved the commission on condition that the members were not British. These were seen as a provocation by the Jews who prayed at the Wall. The Commission noted that 'the Jews do not claim any proprietorship to the Wall or to the Pavement in front of it concluding speech of Jewish Counsel, Minutes, page
Durn
However, Jews had the right to "free access to the Western Wall for the purpose of devotions at all times", subject to some stipulations that limited which objects could be brought to the Wall and forbade the blowing of the shofar , which was made illegal. Muslim authorities responded by arguing that historic sanctions of Jewish presence were acts of tolerance shown by Muslims, who, by doing so, did not concede any positive rights.
Mekasa
Mules were herded through the narrow alley, often dropping excrement.
Goltizragore
This led to a British officer being stationed at the Wall making sure that Jews were prevented from sitting.
Fenrit
On September 24, , the Day of Atonement , British police resorted to removing by force a screen used to separate men and women at prayer. Although they appeared promising at first, negotiations broke down after strong Muslim opposition. It also cautioned them against "raising their voices and displaying their books there. However, repeated reminders to the Chief Rabbinate to verify which apparatus had been permitted failed to elicit any response. The Shaw commission determined that the violence occurred due to "racial animosity on the part of the Arabs, consequent upon the disappointment of their political and national aspirations and fear for their economic future. This was by far the deadliest attack on Jews during the period of British Rule over Palestine.
Gagul
The last occurrence of such a ban was in , but the Ottoman decree was soon retracted after intervention of the Chacham Bashi. The placing of a Mechitza similar to the one in the picture was the catalyst for confrontation between the Arabs, Jews and Mandate authorities in Although they appeared promising at first, negotiations broke down after strong Muslim opposition. These were seen as a provocation by the Jews who prayed at the Wall. British police post at the entrance to the Western Wall, British police at the Wailing Wall, A British inquiry into the disturbances and investigation regarding the principal issue in the Western Wall dispute, namely the rights of the Jewish worshipers to bring appurtenances to the wall, was convened. Allenby pledged "that every sacred building, monument, holy spot, shrine, traditional site, endowment, pious bequest, or customary place of prayer of whatsoever form of the three religions will be maintained and protected according to the existing customs and beliefs of those to whose faith they are sacred".
Dailkree
Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld , the Chief Rabbi of the ultraorthodox Jews in Jerusalem, issued a protest letter on behalf of his community, the Edah HaChareidis , and Agudas Yisroel strongly condemning the desecration of the holy site. It stressed that the removal of the screen was necessary, but expressed regret over the ensuing events. The Jews, while agreeing that the works were necessary, appealed to the British that they be made under supervision of the newly formed Department of Antiquities, because the Wall was an ancient relic. Mules were herded through the narrow alley, often dropping excrement. Nor were Jews permitted to separate the sexes with a screen.
Vudok
They were usually fined or sentenced to imprisonment for three to six months. The last occurrence of such a ban was in , but the Ottoman decree was soon retracted after intervention of the Chacham Bashi. Chairs were then pulled out from under elderly worshipers. Official recognition of the right of Jews to pray by the Wall.