Police covered up deaths in Mandatory Palestine, new documents show

New documents released by the Israeli State Archives show proof of British police covering up the intentional killing of Jewish youth in Mandatory Palestine in the 1940s.

Memorial for the five Lehi youth killed by British forces in Mandate Palestine, 1947.

Memorial for the five Lehi youth killed by British forces in Mandate Palestine, 1947.

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JULY 31, 2021 14:32

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