The King David Hotel bombing occurred on July 22, 1946.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple independent tier1 and primary sources (BBC Witness History, Full Fact, Detroit Jewish News archive, Haaretz, Encyclopedia.com) state the King David Hotel bombing occurred on July 22, 1946, and the claim's date matches the passage's 'July 22nd of 46' without addition. The passage's reference to the bombing is resolved to the same event; no source contradicts the date.
What was said
… about an alliance with Germany for a long time concerning the Transfer Agreement, but Urghun was much larger, and let's say in 1945, the height was 1946, you had a tremendous campaign of terror against the British. This just it just never never ended, and it culminated in the explosion at the King David Hotel on July 22nd of 46, and you know, it's not only the killing of people, but they destroyed the infrastructure there. The Jewish militants had, you know, the Night of the Bridges, the Night of the um the uh the Night of the uh Airports, uh Night of the Trains, and all of this …
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Supports. BBC World Service's Witness History states that on July 22, 1946, an armed Jewish group attacked the King David Hotel in Jerusalem where the British had their headquarters.[4][5]
Supports. Full Fact rated a claim about Menachem Begin and the bombing as true, noting he led Etzel at the time of the King David Hotel bombing in which 91 people died.[1]
Supports. Haaretz's 'This Day in Jewish History' and the Detroit Jewish News archive both date the bombing to July 22, 1946.[3][6]
Supports. The Wikipedia entry and the Yahoo 'On This Day' piece both give 22 July 1946 as the date of the Irgun attack on the hotel.[7][8]
Context. The AP article refers to the bombing as occurring in July 1946 and does not give the day, so it neither confirms nor disputes the specific date.[2]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1This is a real photo of Margaret Thatcher and Menachem ...fullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2UK opens secret files about 'Jewish terrorists' in 1940s | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives - July 17, 1981 - Image 64digital.bentley.umich.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Witness History | The Bombing of the King David Hotelbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5BBC World Service - Witness History, The bombing of the King David Hotelbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 6This Day in Jewish History: Irgun blows up British HQ at Jerusalem's King David Hotelhaaretz.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7King David Hotel bombing - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8On This Day: Zionists bomb King David Hotel and kill 91 in bid to build Jewish state in Palestineuk.news.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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