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Palestine Post bombing

Palestine Post bombing

Mordechai Chertoff was the editor on the Palestine Post when it was bombed in 1948

Witness History · BBC World Service

January 30, 20238m 43s

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Show Notes

Mordechai Chertoff was the foreign editor on the Palestine Post (precursor to the Jerusalem Post) when it was bombed on 1 February 1948.

He tells Lucy Williamson how, despite the attack, the newspaper still came out the next morning.

This programme was first broadcast in 2010.

(Photo: Palestine Post bombing. Credit: Getty Images)