Terrorism Deaths in Israel - Terrorism Deaths in Jerusalem, Yitzhak Rabin, King David Hotel Bombing, Rehavam Ze'evi, Folke Bernadotte (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Terrorism Deaths in Jerusalem, Yitzhak Rabin, King David Hotel Bombing, Rehavam Ze'evi, Folke Bernadotte, David Applebaum, Egged Bus 36 Bombing, George Khoury, My Mother Was Murdered by a Suicide Bomber. Excerpt: The King David Hotel bombing was an attack carried out by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946. The hotel was the site of the central offices of the British Mandatory authorities of Palestine, the Secretariat of the Government of Palestine and Headquarters of the British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan. The attack was the deadliest directed at the British during the Mandate era (19201948) and more people were killed than by any bombing carried out in the subsequent Arab-Israeli conflict. Irgunists planted a bomb in the basement of the main building of the hotel, under the wing which housed the Mandate Secretariat and part of the British military headquarters. Telephoned warnings were sent, but not, at least directly, to the British authorities. No evacuation was carried out. The ensuing explosion caused the collapse of the western half of the southern wing of the hotel. 91 people were killed and 46 were injured, with some of the deaths and injuries occurring in the road outside the hotel and in adjacent buildings. Controversy has arisen over the timing and adequacy of these warnings and the reasons why the hotel was not evacuated. Zionist leaders arrested in Operation Agatha. Left to right: David Remez, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Dov Yosef, Mr. Shenkarsky, David Hacohen, Mr. Halperin.Irgun committed the attack in response to Operation Agatha, known within Israel then and now as "Black Saturday". British troops had searched the Jewish Agen... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=105922