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The King David Hotel Bombing of 1946: A Defining Moment in Jewish-British History

Introduction On July 22, 1946, the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was rocked by a devastating explosion. Carried out by members of the Irgun, a Jewish underground militant group, the bombing targeted the building, which housed the British administrative and military headquarters in Palestine. Depending on one’s perspective, the attackers were either freedom fighters striving […]

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The Rwandan Genocide: A Tale of Survival and Betrayal at a Hotel

In 1994, the small African country of Rwanda was torn apart by a brutal civil war between the two major ethnic groups, the Tutsis and the Hutus. The United Nations, who had been tasked with keeping the peace, pulled out of the country and the rest of the world turned a blind eye to the […]