Original sentence: In particular, the attack was made in retaliation for the British Operation Agatha.Some claim this act should be considered in light of the escalating violence in the region, and the continuing conflict between the three main forces in the region: British, Jewish, and Arab.The hotel was the base for the British Secretariat, the military command and a branch of the Criminal Investigation Division (police)
Edited sentence: Apologists claim that it must be considered in light of the escalating violence in the region, and the continuing conflict between the three ethnic and political forces in the region — namely the resident Arab and Jewish populations, as well as the British military occupiers.Operation Agatha was in turn, in response to a number of previous attacks against British forces by the Unified Resistance.The bombing was a retaliation for Operation Agatha, in which 2700 Jewish individuals were arrested for torture-interrogation by the British.The bombing was considered an act of terrorism, and an escalation of the Jewish nationalist agenda.The hotel had been the base for the British Secretariat, the military command and a branch of the Criminal Investigation Division (police)