 The Commission concluded that the wall , and the adjacent pavement and Moroccan Quarter , were solely owned by the Muslim waqf . 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 . Muslims were forbidden to disrupt Jewish devotions by driving animals or other means . Yitzchak Orenstein , who held the position of Rabbi of the Kotel , recorded in April 1930 that " Our master , Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld came to pray this morning by the Kosel and one of those present produced a small chair for the Rav to rest on for a few moments . However , no sooner had the Rav sat down did an Arab officer appear and pull the chair away from under him . " During the 1930s , at the conclusion of Yom Kippur , young Jews persistently flouted the shofar ban each year and blew the shofar resulting in their arrest and prosecution . They were usually fined or sentenced to imprisonment for three to six months . 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 . " 
