tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post4771984311122725020..comments2024-03-28T14:55:27.949+02:00Comments on My Right Word: The Hotel That The Hagana Blew UpYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-22439709406307340112015-07-26T19:24:15.525+03:002015-07-26T19:24:15.525+03:00Incidentally, I just read about the bombing of the...Incidentally, I just read about the bombing of the Hotel Semiramis in "O Jerusalem" (a terrifically chilling account), so I would have been among those .1% with you. After all, the King David Hotel "only" lost a wing. The Semiramis was completely destroyed.Annette Gendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006606888883773812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-11615890342774862742015-07-12T14:31:13.561+03:002015-07-12T14:31:13.561+03:00This post has been included in the very latest edi...This post has been included in the very latest edition, <a href="http://shilohmusings.blogspot.co.il/2015/07/pinchas-lets-take-stand-havel-havelim.html" rel="nofollow">Shiloh Musings: Pinchas, Let's Take a Stand, Havel Havelim</a><br><br />You're invited to visit, check out the other posts, comment and share. Please get involved in our international blogging community via our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/283537885020583/" rel="nofollow">facebook page</a>.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-7305001746620313432015-07-10T14:40:39.789+03:002015-07-10T14:40:39.789+03:00Properly, the Irgun did not blow up a hotel. The ...Properly, the Irgun did not blow up a hotel. The KDH, as a hotel providing for guests, was only at the northern wing, as the southern wing was closed to all civilians except those on official business with the Army or the Mandate Secretariat. Only the "non-hotel" was the target. I am sure Begin would not have authorized an attack on a civilian target. Not so the Semiramis which was solely and wholly a hotel and was targeted by the local Hagana command.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-43522348520429037572015-07-10T11:01:52.510+03:002015-07-10T11:01:52.510+03:00My argument is that if asked "which Jewish un...My argument is that if asked "which Jewish underground fighting force in Mandate period Palestine blew up a hotel with civilian casualties?" it would seem a bit strange to answer with the underground force responsible for far fewer civilian casualties.<br /><br />I most certainly did NOT say or suggest that Arabs killed at Semiramis are different (from other casualties). I would also accept an apology for your mistaken comment.Stephen Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-90988651299922807532015-07-09T19:05:07.745+03:002015-07-09T19:05:07.745+03:00Apologies for the error about casualties. That sa...Apologies for the error about casualties. That said the number of civilians killed by the King David Hotel (KDH) detonation was vastly greater than the number killed at the Hotel Semiramis and, as I said, the the KDH bombing happened in 1946, while the Hotel Semiramis was bombed during Israel's War of Independence.Stephen Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-80511801451466679622015-07-09T18:32:47.115+03:002015-07-09T18:32:47.115+03:00a. you are in error. there were guests including a...a. you are in error. there were guests including a foreign diplomat (!).<br /><br />b. the KDH operation was directed solely at the southern wing which since 1939 had been expropriated as the offices of the Mandate Secretariat and the Army's HQ so as a target, it could not be identified as a civilian objct, unlike the Seremaris.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-19436811128145828592015-07-09T18:07:58.618+03:002015-07-09T18:07:58.618+03:00Although it is tragic that the families who owned ...Although it is tragic that the families who owned the hotel were killed, none of the dead were guests and this occurred during Israel's War of Independence so it is not really comparable to the blowing up of the King David Hotel in 1946.Stephen Franklinnoreply@blogger.com