 Major General James Cassels, told the acting mayor of Tel Aviv that he held the Jewish community responsible.The British imposed a collective punishment on the population of Tel Aviv, imposing a dawn to dusk curfew on the city roads and closing all cafes, bars, cinemas, and other places of entertainment and socialisation until May 12.The authorities had seriously considered more severe penalties such as demolishing all houses around the car park including those that had played no role in the assault and imposing a collective fine on the entire city, but had decided against all other options due to them being politically undesirable or impractical.