National Prayer Network

THE SIMPLE EXPLANATION FOR MID-EAST STRIFE

By Rev. Ted Pike

On July 22, 1946, Jewish Irgun terrorists put milk cans filled with explosives in the basement of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. After an alleged 25-minute warning, this huge structure and Mid-East landmark, the administrative center for the British in Palestine, blew up. Ninety-two were killed. This terrorist attack by Israel’s covert forces against British rule in Palestine was masterminded by Menachem Begin, later Prime Minister of Israel.

Is Israel sorry for this heinous act? Hardly. Begin always defended his bombing of the King David Hotel as a legitimate military act. Incredibly, many Israelis are proud of it, including former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On, July 22, the 60th anniversary of this terrorist atrocity, Netanyahu and representatives of the Israeli right dedicated a plaque on the rebuilt King David Hotel. It celebrates the bombers as freedom fighters, not terrorists, but persons of principle. Like Begin, modern Zionists say the 1946 carnage was justified because it helped drive the British from Palestine, making the State of Israel possible. (Times Online, July 20, 2006)

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