Suffolk News Herald · 23 July 1946
CP-1946-017
King David Hotel Blast ‘Worst Outrage’ — Attlee
The Associated Press
Transcribed from the clipping
“Prime Minister Attlee told the House of Commons today that, ‘of all the outrages in Palestine, many and…’ As this house knows, Attlee continued, his majesty’s government are at this moment in… Terrorists bombed and shattered part of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, wrecking headquarters of the British Army and secretariat of the Palestine government and killing at least 50 persons.”
Context added by this archive
Attlee in the Commons, and the caption underneath using the word terrorists. The archive keeps the 1946 usage because the same word is applied very differently later in the collection.
Cite this item
"King David Hotel Blast ‘Worst Outrage’ — Attlee," Suffolk News Herald, 23 July 1946. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1946-017. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1946-017
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