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 Sir Walter Shaw , established to 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 . It concluded that the cause of the rioting was based in Arab fears of continual Jewish immigration and land purchases , particularly resonating from a growing Arab landless class . This was later reiterated in the Hope Simpson Enquiry and subsequent Passfield white paper , both which called for limited Jewish immigration to Palestine
violent rioting in Palestine
1929 Palestine riots
Shaw Commission