Editing King David Hotel (section)

=== Israel ===
On May 4, 1948, when the British flag was lowered as the British Mandate ended, the building became a Jewish stronghold. At the end of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], the hotel found itself overlooking "no-man’s land" on the [[Green Line (Israel)|armistice line]] that divided Jerusalem into Israeli and Jordanian territory. The hotel was purchased by the Dan Hotels chain in 1958. Multiple scenes in the 1960 film ''[[Exodus (1960 film)|Exodus]]'' were shot at the hotel, both outside and inside, in the main lobby and on the terrace.<ref name="JTA 1960" >{{cite news | title = 20.000 Israelis Participate in Filming 'exodus' in Jerusalem Square | url = https://www.jta.org/archive/20-000-israelis-participate-in-filming-exodus-in-jerusalem-square | work = [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] | date = 25 May 1960 }}</ref>{{additional citation needed| reason = this was uncited, I found JTA but it only partly covers what was written |date=April 2025}} When East Jerusalem was annexed by Israel following the 1967 [[Six-Day War]], two additional floors were added.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Among the hotel's famous official guests: British monarch [[Charles III]]; [[King Hussein]] of Jordan; U.S. Presidents [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[George W. Bush]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Donald Trump]] and [[Joe Biden]]; British Prime Ministers [[Winston Churchill]], [[Harold Wilson]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[John Major]], and [[Tony Blair]]; Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]; U.S. politicians [[Henry Kissinger]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Kissinger |first=Henry |date=1982 |title=Years of Upheaval |url=https://archive.org/details/yearsofupheaval00kiss |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |isbn=978-0-316-28591-9 |url-access=registration }}</ref> and [[Hillary Clinton]];<ref>Hillary Rodham Clinton, ''[[Hard Choices]]'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014). p. 482.</ref> as well as many stars including  [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Richard Gere]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].