Arlosoroff 's hope for peaceful cooperation and compromise with Arabs would be severely tested . In 1929 , the consciously aggressive Betar Youth Movement , organized under Ze'ev Jabotinsky 's Union of Revisionist Zionists , took part in a coalition to assertively enforce and enlarge a Jewish presence in the proximity of the Western Wall . The activities of Betar and their associates inflamed an explosive reaction from the Arab community , in whose perception these activities had dishonoured the Muslim holy site on the adjacent Temple Mount . The violent Western Wall Uprisings of 1929 ensued , which resulted in the loss of many lives , including civilians . Instead of inciting further Arab tensions , Arlosoroff strongly criticized the Revisionists for insensitively provoking the animosity
Western Wall Uprisings of 1929
1929 Palestine riots
Haim Arlosoroff