As a response to Zionist calls for unrestricted immigration and promulgation of an Immigration Bill that allowed for greater opportunities, the Arab Executive (AE) on 8 October called for a general strike and demonstration on 13 October. The acting High Commissioner reminded the AE that political demonstrations had been banned since the 1929 riots but the AE refused to call it off. On 13 October after mid-day prayers in Jerusalem a demonstration faced a contingent of unarmed police determined to break it up. Stones were thrown and baton charges were made, including one against a crowd of Muslim women. Five police and six demonstrators were injured.