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JASON LEWIS: Truth Still The First Casualty
In 1946, Irgun terrorists dynamited the King David Hotel in pre-state British Palestine. The horrific carnage that claimed nearly 100 lives would one day be described this way: “In that split second after 12:37, 13 of…
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About King David Hotel
The King David Hotel is a 5-star hotel in Jerusalem and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Opened in 1931, it was built with locally quarried pink limestone and was founded by Ezra Mosseri, a wealthy Egyptian Jewish banker. It is located on King David Street in the centre of Jerusalem, overlooking the Old City and Mount Zion, and is named after the Biblical King David.
Everything about King David Hotel →- Country
- Mandatory Palestine, Israel
- Inception
- 1931