The assault Attack occurred Presence as Jewish militia sought to relieve Confronting_problem the blockade Besieging of Jerusalem during the civil war Hostile_encounter that preceded Process_start the end Process_end of British rule Control in Palestine .

It was established Building by practice that the Pope had the power to relieve Confronting_problem members of his flock of the most solumn oaths , and it was a matter of principle among Catholics that faith was never to be kept Temporary_stay with heretics .