History Of The Semiramis Hotel Bombing

The Semiramis Hotel Bombing was perpetrated by the Haganah in Jerusalem between 1947and 1948 when there was a civil war in Mandatory Palestine. After the Semiramis hotel was suspected to be an Arab, headquarter the Haganah placed a bomb and as a consequence, twenty-four people lost their lives and several injured. Referring to the Associated Press, the hotel was attacked because it was considered important to the Arabs gangs. It was from the Semiramis hotel where rifles were dispersed to the outskirts of Jerusalem and were then used in attacks. The bombing of the hotel was condemned by the British authorities and Mishael Shaham,
Haganah officer in Jerusalem lost was sacked. It was later confirmed that the Semiramis hotel was not associated
The massacre was carried out by Zionist paramilitary groups, Lehi, and Irgun on April 9, 1948. The assault happened as the Jewish militia pursued to relieve the barricade of Jerusalem by Palestine Arab forces during the civil war that led to the conclusion of British rule in Palestine. Even though the villagers resisted the attack, they were overpowered when the paramilitary groups used the house to house fighting. More than a hundred villagers were killed as a result of grenades and bullets. Also, some villagers were kidnapped and after parades in Jerusalem, they were mercilessly killed. The massacre was condemned by the Haganah leaders and the chief rabbis. Then, as a way of apologizing, the Jewish Agency for Israel sent a letter to Jordan’s leader Abdullah but he rebuffed. Abdullah was convinced that the Jewish Agency was responsible for the attack considering that they controlled Jewish issues in
As a way of intervening, the emergency committee urged the British to help but nothing. It became apparent that the British were not willing to face the Lehi and the Irgun. The British administration was willing to risk British lives only if there were British interests but in this case, there was none. This explains why British Mandatory was slowly coming to an end, and the British had no plans to renew their stay.
The deaths as a result of the massacre turned to be a pivotal event in the Israeli-Arab conflict for their military and demographic consequences. The assault on the village was significant for two reasons. In the perspective of the Lehi and Irgun, it was a threat to the Jewish neighborhoods and the main access to the coastal plain. Again, it was the very first time the Jewish forces were on the offensive considering their history of responding to attacks. Such attack depicted that the Jews were willing to fight for