King David Hotel bombing
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The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on 22 July 1946, by the militant ri
The hotel after the bombing
Zionist leaders arrested in Operation Agatha. Left to right: David Remez, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Dov Yosef, Shenkarsky, David Hacohen, Halperin.
Rear of the hotel, 1931
The explosion of a second bomb at the King David Hotel
Menachem Begin
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Menachem Begin was an Israeli politician who founded the political parties Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983.
King David Hotel bombing
…Haganah opposed the idea initially. On 1 July 1946, Moshe Sneh, chief of the Haganah General Headquarters, sent a letter to the then leader of the Irgun, Menachem Begin, which instructed him to "carry out the operation at the 'chick'", code for the King David Hotel. Despite this approval for the project, repeated delays…
Begin in 1978
Begin (top center) with his parents, his sister Rachel, and his brother Herzl in Poland, 1932
Begin reviews a Betar lineup in 1939.
NKVD mugshots of Menachem Begin, 1940