PoliticsRaising the Altalena: Netanyahu digs up sunken 1948 arms ship in ‘pre-election stunt’

The Altalena, carrying weapons for a right-wing militia, was sunk 78 years ago off Tel Aviv on the orders of Israel’s founders. The wreck’s discovery last week has given Israel’s right-wing government ammunition to target the left and try to redirect the campaign ahead of October’s legislative elections.

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