The intervention draws censure later from senior…

The intervention draws censure later from senior officials who judge that excessive force had been exercised without good reason.

Haj Amin al Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, exploits the incident to distribute leaflets to Arabs in Palestine and throughout the Arab world which claims that the Jews are planning to take over the al-Aqsa Mosque.

One consequence is that worshipers not infrequently are subjected to beatings and stoning.