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King David Hotel bombing  

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  • On July 22, 1946, the primary Jewish underground militant group, Irgun Zvai Leumi, blew up the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, in what was then British-ruled Palestine. Zionists clashed many times with the British during the mid-twentieth century. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; King David Hotel Bombing]

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