Israel - 60 years of terrorism - something to celebrate

60 years ago today, the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was the site of the British military command and the British Criminal Investigation Division.

The Irgun terrist gang led by Prime MInister in waiting Menachim Begin ( who dandled the baby Tripni Livni on his knee) chose it as a target after British troops invaded the Jewish Agency June 29, 1946, and confiscated large quantities of documents.

2,500 Jews from all over Palestine had been placed under arrest and information about Jewish Agency operations, including intelligence activities in Arab countries, was taken to the King David Hotel.

Irgun leader Menachem Begin arranged for a bomb made of 3 milk churns to be made and delivered, he stressed his desire to avoid civilian casualties and said three telephone calls were placed, one to the hotel, another to the French Consulate, and a third to the Palestine Post newspaper, warning that explosives in the King David Hotel would soon be detonated.

On July 22, 1946, the calls were made. The call into the hotel was apparently received and ignored. Begin quotes one British official who supposedly refused to evacuate the building, saying: "We don't take orders from the Jews." As a result, when the bombs exploded, the casualty toll was high: a total of 91 killed and 45 injured. Among the casualties were 15 Jews.

There will be a lot of celebrations amongst the aged members of the palach today as a result. It is fitting that a nation born in terrist turmoil continues with it, albeit now on an international scale ably assisted by the money and armaments given to it by their pimp, Uncle Sam.