'Netanyahu still regards the 1946 King David Hotel bombers in Jerusalem as heroes'
- Posted on July 19, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Historian Jean-Pierre Filiu examines Benjamin Netanyahu's ongoing defense of the 1946 King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem, an attack that resulted in the deadliest civilian casualties in British Mandate Palestine's history. The column explores Netanyahu's controversial stance on this historical event and its implications for understanding contemporary Israeli political discourse regarding resistance movements and national memory.
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'Netanyahu still regards the 1946 King David Hotel bombers in Jerusalem as heroes'
COLUMN. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has never stopped defending the attack, which claimed the highest-ever number of civilian lives in British Mandate Palestine, historian Jean-Pierre Filiu writes in his column.
