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What did Husayn al-Khalidi say about the Ben Yehuda Street bombings?
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Husayn al-Khalidi, secretary of the Arab Higher Committee, 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. David Ben-Gurion, on visiting the site of the carnage, has been cited as