By the end of the 1920s, it seemed that the British policy towards Palestine, proclaimed in the" White Paper " of 1922, was bearing positive fruit and did not require serious adjustment. But the world economic crisis of 1929-1933 worsened the situation in Palestine, both economically and politically. Shortly after the onset of the Great Depression, MacDonald's second Labour Cabinet was formed in June 1929. The UK is once again being led by forces that are not related to the Balfour Declaration. The new Colonial Secretary, Lord Pasfield (Sidney Webb), never expressed any sympathy for the idea of creating a Jewish "national home" in Palestine. Keywords: Middle East, Palestine, British policy in Palestine, Second Labour Government, White Paper of 1930. The Arab-Jewish riots of August 1929 reinforced the view of the Labour Cabinet that it was necessary to adjust its Palestinian policy. The two royal commissions of 1929-1930, which investigated the causes of these riots, confirmed the need to reconsider the course of Britain in Palestine, especially in the matter of helping Zionist organizations that sought to create a "national home" in the Holy Land. In doing so, the commissions gave Lord Pasfield an excuse to raise the issue of renegotiating the terms of the mandate for Palestine. In early October 1930, Lord Pasfield informed Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization (WZO), of the main provisions of the new White Paper on the Palestinian question. The latter, being acquainted with them, resigned from his post on October 20, doing so in protest against the provisions of the White Paper. This gesture by Weizmann drew public attention to the fact that Britain wants to cancel the Balfour Declaration, and served as a starting point for consolidating opposition to the adoption of a new White Paper. On October 21, 1930, the Pasfield Memorandum, known as the Pasfield White Paper, was published officially three days later [The Land..., 1984, p. 117]. The memorandum ... Read more