What is King David Hotel?
{{Coord|31|46|28|N|35|13|20|E|region:IL_type:gate|display=title}} [[File:Hotel king david jeruslaem efi elian.JPG|thumb|350px|The hotel in 2010, with the view of the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] behind.]] {{History of Jerusalem}} The '''King David Hotel''' is the official [[hotel]] for visiting heads of state, [[Diplomacy|diplomats]] and other guests of the [[Israel|Israeli]] government. It is located in [[Jerusalem]]. The hotel was founded in 1931 by Egyptian Jew Ezra Mosseri. The hotel is famous for having been subject to a bombing attack in 1946 by the Zionist militant group [[Irgun]] in which 91 people died.<ref>{{Cite news|title=This Day in Jewish History: Irgun Blows Up British HQ at Jerusalem's King David Hotel|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/this-day-in-jewish-history-irgun-blows-up-british-hq-at-jerusalem-s-king-david-hotel-1.5377378|access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[The Holocaust]] * [[Jew#History|History of Jews]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat|King David Hotel}} * [http://www.danhotels.com/JerusalemHotels/KingDavidJerusalemHotel/ King David Hotel Jerusalem] Official site {{Asia-stub}} {{Israel topics}}{{Palestine topics}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Jerusalem]] [[Category:Hotels]]