According to Israel political scientist Meron Benvenisti , the memorial is more of an attempt to reshape collective memory than an accurate list of " victims of terror " . One named victim , for example , was murdered by Arabs in 1851 after he petitioned the Ottoman rulers to remove them from their Old City home in advance of the construction of the Hurva Synagogue . Others were Jewish victims of the 1946 King David Hotel bombing perpetrated by the Irgun , a Jewish paramilitary group . The determination of inclusion as a victim of a “ hostile act ” is determined by the National Insurance Institute , Israel 's social security agency
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial