 A widespread Arab campaign to protest against presumed Jewish intentions and designs to take possession of the Al Aqsa Mosque swept the country and a " Society for the Protection of the Muslim Holy Places " was established . The <unk> Leumi responding to these Arab fears declared in a statement that " We herewith declare emphatically and sincerely that no Jew has ever thought of encroaching upon the rights of Moslems over their own Holy places , but our Arab brethren should also recognise the rights of Jews in regard to the places in Palestine which are holy to them . " The committee also demanded that the British administration expropriate the wall for the Jews . 
