Shaw Commission
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The Shaw Report, officially the Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August 1929, commonly known as the Shaw Commission, was the result of a British commission of inquiry, led by
Members of Royal Commission 1929. From left: Snell, Morris, Sir Betterton, Mrs Betterton, Cust and Sir Shaw
Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August 1929
The Shaw Commission, October 1929, Jerusalem.
Hope Simpson Enquiry
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The Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development, commonly referred to as the Hope Simpson Enquiry or the Hope Simpson Report, was a British Commission managed by Sir John Hope Simpson, esta
Shaw Commission
…investigate the violent rioting in Palestine in late August 1929. The commission's report was issued in March 1930 and led to the establishment of the Hope Simpson Enquiry in May 1930. While the violence was the direct result of an ongoing dispute over the Jews' ability to worship freely at the Western Wall, and the fear…
John Hope Simpson