Original sentence: A number of explosive devices similar to those used in the attack on the Jewish synagogue were found in his home.Certainly memories and intepretations of the events have further been influenced and distorted by the unfortunate discrimination which many Iraqi Jews experienced on their arrival in Israel.Firstly, a Christian officer in the Iraqi army known for his anti-Jewish views, was arrested, but apparently not charged, with the offences.He also notes the influence of further pressures including the property-freezing law, and continued anti-Jewish disturbances which raised the fear of large-scale pogroms.He demonstrates that the frantic and massive Jewish registration for denaturalisation and departure was driven by knowledge that the denaturalisation law was due to expire in March 1951.Historian Moshe Gat argues  that there was little direct connection between the bombings and exodus.Historians have generally argued against the idea of a conspiracy to increase Jewish registration,, however, as Mendes cites the arguments of Moshe Gat in The Jewish Exodus from Iraq 1948-1951 (1998):.In addition, it is highly unlikely the Israelis would have taken such measures to accelerate the Jewish evacuation given that they were already struggling to cope with the existing level of Jewish immigration Gat also raises serious doubts about the guilt of the alleged Jewish bombthrowers.In addition, there was a long history of anti-Jewish bomb-throwing incidents in Iraq.It therefore remains an open question as to who was responsible for the bombings, although Gat suggests that the most likely perpetrators were members of the anti-Jewish Istiqlal Party.Secondly, the prosecution was not able to produce even one eyewitness who had seen the bombs thrown.Thirdly, the Jewish defendant Shalom Salah indicated in court that he had been severely tortured in order to procure a confession