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Who was Husayn al-Khalidi?
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Husayn al-Khalidi was the secretary of the Arab Higher Committee. He deplored the act as 'depravity unfit for the Arab spirit,' while the Committee itself, in an attempt to distance itself from the incident, tried to throw doubt on the authenticity of Abd al-Qadir's public statements. In the ensuing confusion, Jewish residents immediately blamed the British for the attack.