After 78 years, the Altalena ship is located

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How much did we already know about where the Altalena ship was located? Is there a message from the 1948 Altalena disaster that should guide us now ahead of the 2026 Knesset election? KAN's David Ze'ev spoke with Yisrael Medad, a research fellow at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. (Photo: Soldiers and civilians look on as the Altalena burns off the coast of Tel Aviv, June 1948/Government Press Office) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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