Jerusalem 1929: The Western Wall Riot That Shook British Palestine

In August 1929, a dispute over a simple screen at the Western Wall spiraled into a week of violence that left 133 Jews dead and 116 Arabs dead across Palestine, and fundamentally reshaped British policy. Lucas and Luna delve into the deep history of the Wall as a sacred site for both Jews and Muslims, the tensions over access and ritual objects that had simmered for decades, and the specific spark: a Jewish prayer service on Yom Kippur that prompted an Arab complaint and a British decision to remove a partition. They explore the role of the Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, and the Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky, the Shaw Commission that followed, and how the 1929 riots shattered the possibility of a shared future. This episode traces a turning point where religious friction became national conflict, with consequences that still echo today.

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