 A JDL spokesperson denied the group's involvement in the bombing, but refused to condemn it.On January 17, in response to JDL tactics against Soviet personnel being condemned by the Israeli Cabinet and American Jewish leaders, eight former Soviet Jews living in Israel sent cables to American Jewish leaders denouncing their condemnation of the JDL and denying that the JDL's acts endangered Soviet Jews.The cables said they were convinced that the JDL's "policy and activities are most effective."