Ruins of Jerusalem's King David Hotel
Bombing of British Army Headquarters by Zionist Terrorist Group
Photograph
By: Mendelson Hugo
Date: July 22, 1946
Source: Photograph, part of the Israeli government National Photo Collection, item 003410, picture code D21-020, captioned "The Ruins of Jerusalem's King David Hotel, Blown Up by the Etzel, Causing the Death of 91 People."
About the Photographer: Mendelson Hugo was an Israeli photographer who took pictures for the Israeli government on state occasions in the 1940s.
INTRODUCTION
In the Balfour Declaration of 1917, Great Britain, which had occupied Palestine during World War I, pledged to support the creation of a secure Jewish homeland in Palestine. In the...
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