the irgun militia group carried out the attack. but the king david hotel was not their last goal. on march 1, 1947, the british officers' club in goldsmith's house in jerusalem was also blown up by members of the irgun. british forces in palestine were put on high alert. the leader of the irgun was menakhin begin, whose symbol was a map of the jewish state including all of palestine and jordan. british authorities arrested menakhin begin for the massacre of british people after spreading the poster, and interestingly , 30 years later, he became the prime minister of israel. government documents during the last 8 years of british presence in palestine britain has recorded 500 attacks by underground zionist groups. impose a policy in palestine, which one or the other of the parties is determined to resist. it is brought down on our heads, the execration of the jews and the bitter resentment of the arabs. it has made us the butt of malicious criticism throughout the world. we have played our part to the limit. now england was liberating itself from palestine. he would leave this coun