Seventy years ago, on July 22, 1946, the bombing of the King
\nDavid Hotel occurred in Mandatory Palestine. The Irgun Zvai Leumi (Irgun), a
\ngroup that played a key role in the Jewish underground, orchestrated the attack
\nin response to a day known as \u201cBlack Sabbath,\u201d June 29, 1946, when British
\nofficials arrested nearly 3,000 Zionist officials and raided the Jewish Agency
\nheadquarters. Menachem Begin, the commander in chief of the Irgun, wrote in his
\nmemoir that the Irgun\u2019s policy of \u201cthe
\nscope of the reprisal is equal to the magnitude of the attack\u201d justified their
\nbombing of the King David Hotel: the British had raided the Jewish Agency
\nheadquarters, so the Irgun would do the same. Amichai Paglin, the Chief
\nOperations Officer of the Irgun (later Menachem Begin\u2019s counter-terrorism
\nadvisor when Begin becomes Prime Minister), planned the bombing. The morning of
\nJuly 22, the Irgun planted a bomb in the basement of the hotel in milk cartons.
\nThe bomb exploded, causing 91 casualties. Begin stated that they had issued
\nwarnings to the hotel for everyone to evacuate, and places the blame for the<\/p>\n
casualties<\/p>\n
on the High Commissioner. <\/b>Want Bibliography: \u00a0King David Hotel Bombing and the Irgun Zvai Begin, Menachem. The Revolt: Story of the Irgun. New Menachem Begin, commander in chief Clarke, Thurston. By Blood & Fire: The Attack on the Dives in depth into the events Commemoration related to the execution of four Jews by Eidelberg, Paul. The case of Israel\u2019s Jewish Underground. Guryon, Yishak. Triumph on the Gallows. New York:
\nto learn more about the King David Hotel bombing and the Jewish underground?
\nRead Bruce Hoffman\u2019s \u00a0award winning Anonymous Soldiers<\/a>,
\nor check out items in the partner\u2019s collections like Paul
\nEidelberg\u2019s The case of Israel\u2019s Jewish Underground. <\/a><\/p>\n
\nLeumi<\/b><\/p>\n
\nYork, H. Schuman, 1951.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nof the Irgun and later Prime Minister of Israel, penned this memoir to tell the
\ntale of the Irgun from his perspective a mere 3 years after the state of Israel
\nwas established. Part-autobiographical, part-political propaganda, the book
\noverviews the develop of the Irgun and delves into its actions during the
\nstruggle against British authorities. The title \u2013 the Revolt \u2013 was the name of
\nthe campaign declared on February 1st<\/sup>, 1944. <\/p>\n
\nKing David Hotel. New York: Putnam, 1981. <\/a><\/p>\n
\nsurrounding the King David Hotel bombing. Thurston\u2019s title comes from the motto
\nof the Irgun: The Irgun believed that \u201cin blood and fire Judea fell\u201d and so,
\n\u201cin blood and fire Judea will arise.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
\nBritish authorities in the July 1946 bombing of the King David Hotel in
\nJerusalem<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDollard des Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada: Dawn Publishing Company, 1985.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBrit Trumpeldor of America, 1950.<\/a><\/p>\n