Banks said he killed his children because he felt they would be tormented by the cruelty of racial views against mixed-race children. Since his conviction Banks has tried to kill himself four times and has gone on hunger strikes that required him to be force-fed. (25 September 1982)
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King David Hotel
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, Israel.
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Monday 22nd of July 1946 (x) — . The bombing was a terrorist attack by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization the Irgun on the British administrative headquarters for Palestine which was housed in the southern wing of the hotel.