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WATCH: British Mandate-era arms cache found in Hod Hasharon synagogue
By Noa Kocharek and Yuval Goren, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Israel News, synagogue 

Two Israeli curators on Thursday stumled upon an arms cache dating back to the British Mandate at a Synagogue in Hod Hasharon.

The weapons, which included grenades and bullet casings, were apparently stored in the building by the Hagannah Jewish militia.
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Simcha Klein and Aviva Even-Hen, curators of the museum dedicated to the history of Hod Hasharon, found the arms while they were tidying rooms in the synagogue, which was crammed full of documents, pictures and old maps dating back to the beginning of the Zionist enterprise.

"While searching the rooms, we came across one small tin box that contained grenades, and another that contained dozens of bullet casings," Klein said. "We then called the police, and sappers came and removed the weapons from the building."

The curator added that she hoped that the museum would be able to display the munitions as an historic exhibit

Klein said that during the British Mandate, the synagogue used to serve as a shelter from Arab rioters, and therefore has long and narrow windows, and slits for firing. These slits apparently made the synagogue an ideal location for stashing the weapons
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  1.   So it is alright 20:26  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/02/09
  2.   Learning from Hagannah 20:38  |  Jorge 05/02/09
  3.   Pupose of Hagannah 20:57  |  Noach 05/02/09
  4.   #1 Chris 22:21  |  Zionist 05/02/09
  5.   this one is for Chris 22:41  |  isy 05/02/09
  6.   #. 3. I see the twerp is back. 22:50  |  Stephen. 05/02/09
  7.   Should the Synagogue be immediately bombed? 22:57  |  Mark Lincoln 05/02/09
  8.   #1.How right you are CHRIS. 23:25  |  George Rex 05/02/09
  9.   weapons in place of religion 23:54  |  kochav Ben Avraham 05/02/09
  10.   Haganna=defense 00:09  |  Jairo Suárez 06/02/09
  11.   Youtube Clip on Earlier Cache as Synagouge 00:09  |  Heff 06/02/09
  12.   Idiots here miss point: they expected synagogue to be attacked 05:55  |  McQueen 06/02/09
  13.   assinine comparisons by usual asses 06:28  |  Arab street 06/02/09
  14.   Hamas store weapons in mosque? 06:41  |  Manny Goldstein 06/02/09
  15.   Terrorists hide weapons in place of worship 02:57  |  Sherif 08/02/09
  16.   get in touch. 19:05  |  Eduuardo Guzman 16/02/09
  17.   get in touch. 19:05  |  Eduuardo Guzman 16/02/09
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