Historian Matthew Jacobs later wrote that the US approach was hampered by the "general absence of specialist knowledge about the region" and that "like much of the Inquiry's work on the Middle East, the reports on Palestine were deeply flawed" and "presupposed a particular outcome of the conflict".
Sejarawan Matthew Jacobs kemudian menulis bahwa kesepakatan AS dibarengi oleh "ketiadaan umum dari pengetahuan khusus tentang wilayah tersebut" dan bahwa "seperti kebanyakan pengerjaan penyidikan di Timur Tengah, laporan-laporan di Palestina sangat simpang siur" dan "menimbulkan terjadinya konflik".