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  Online biograhy of David Ben-Gurion - Biography - Zionism and Israel - Biographies
On Ben Gurion's orders, the ship, the Altalena, was sunk off the coast of Tel Aviv, creating a cause of bitterness for partisans of the Revisionist moment, but guaranteeing the democratic and orderly future of the new state.
Ben Gurion remained a resident of the Negev at heart.
Ben Gurion was known for his prolific writings and distinctive philosophical outlook, his activism, optimism and stubbornness, and also for penchant for physical fitness, and particularly for standing on his head at an advanced age.
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  David Ben-Gurion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rivalry developed between the two, however, and Ben Gurion broke with the party in June 1965 over Eshkol's handling of the Lavon affair and formed a new party, Rafi which won ten seats in the Knesset.
In 1968, when Rafi merged with Mapai to form the Labour Alignment, Ben Gurion refused to reconcile with his old party and formed another new party, The State List, which won four seats in the 1969 election.
Ben Gurion retired from politics in 1970 and spent his last years on his kibbutz.
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 David Ben Gurion - Wikipedia
Dabei gab Ben Gurion sogar den Befehl, das Schiff "Altalena" zu bombardieren, das Munition für den Irgun an Bord hatte.
Ben Gurion wurde vom Time Magazine zu einer der wichtigsten Personen des 20.
Nach David Ben Gurion wurde 1975 der internationale Ben-Gurion-Flughafen von Tel Aviv, der sich in der nördlich der Stadt Lod befindet, sowie die Ben-Gurion-Universität des Negevs in Beerscheba, benannt.
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 BBC News | Middle East | David Ben Gurion
David Ben Gurion, who died in 1973 aged 87, is a member of an elite group of world leaders whose names will always be associated with the founding of their countries.
David Ben Gurion was born in Czarist Poland in 1886.
Ben Gurion was expelled from Palestine in 1915 because of his nationalist and socialist activities.
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 David Ben-Gurion
Ben Gurion was educated in a modernized Hebrew language cheder and studied secular subjects with private tutors.
In 1910, Ben Gurion joined the editorial staff of the new party paper, Ahdut in which he joined Yitzhak Ben Zvi (who later became a president of Israel).
Ben Gurion proposed that the Histadrut be turned into a communistic type communal society to provide wide provisions for the worker.
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 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev Located in Be'er Sheva, it is the only university in south Israel.
Jewish Sightseeing: Ben Gurion University of the Negev Archive of articles about the university from American and Israeli sources.
Ben Gurion University of The Negev A four-year, American-style M.D. program taught in English that focuses on international health and medicine.
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 David Ben Gurion
David Ben Gurion, Zionist leader and Israel's first and longest-serving prime minister, was born David Green in 1886 in Plonsk, Poland.
By 1935, Labor Zionism had become the most important faction in the Zionist movement, and Ben Gurion was appointed to the key post of chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive — the "almost-government" of the Jews in Palestine — a post he held until 1948, when the State of Israel was established.
Ben Gurion died in 1973 and was buried in Sde Boker.
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 Jew Watch - Leaders - David Ben-Gurion
Ben Gurion dismissed the report that Israel was building a bomb as a "deliberate or unwitting untruth," adding that Israel had proposed "general and total disarmament in Israel and the neighboring Arab states" with mutual rights of inspection.
Ben Gurion was "direct and spirited, as always," recalls Reid, but "friendly." At one point, however, he expressed "mild irritation" in reference to the continuing flap over Israel's reactor.
Ben Gurion's biographer, Bar Zohar, suggests that the questions were presented as an ultimatum--that Reid asked that the questions be answered by midnight.(27) Reid, however, says Bar Zohar got it dead wrong.
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 Nurit Reshef: Ben Gurion
In a statement, Ben Gurion called upon the Jews to fight the British for the restoration of Aliya as if there were no war with Hitler, and to fight Hitler as if the British had not closed the doors of Palestine to the Jews.
Ben Gurion was not as happy as the rest, as he knew that after the impending battle, many of those now dancing would not return home.
Ben Gurion was still Prime Minister, but five years after independence, he suddenly left the government and moved to Kibbutz Sde Boker, in the Negev desert.
www.bus.ualberta.ca /yreshef/zionism/bengurion.html   (1402 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - Ben-Gurion of Israel, by Barnet Litvinoff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
...Ben Gurion was not only Israel's first Prime Minister, he was also her first Defense Minister, holding the two portfolios right up to the hour of his resignation...
...Ben Gurion's friendliness to American nonZionists represents no revision of this fundamental rejection of the Diaspora, but is merely an overt display of his dissatisfaction with American Zionists who do not act on his interpretation of Zionism as kibbutz galuyot, the Ingathering of the Exile...
...Despite the author's admiration for Ben Gurion and his sympathy for his kind of Jewish nationalism, Weizmann emerges as a man of great moral stature, one who did not cast his humanist and Jewishethical principles overboard when the "exigen- cies" of extreme nationalism were invoked to support the terror...
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 DAVID BEN GURION
David Ben Gurion was the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
When Ben Gurion moved to the Land of Israel, the Ottomon Turks were in charge.
Ben Gurion was the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
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 David Ben-Gurion -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ben Gurion led Israel during its (Click link for more info and facts about War of Independence) War of Independence and, except for nearly two years of interruption between 1953 - 1955, became (The person who holds the position of head of state in England) Prime Minister on January 25, 1948 and served until 1963.
A rivalry developed between the two, however, and Ben Gurion broke with the party in June 1965 over Eshkol's handling of the Lavon affair and formed a new party, (Click link for more info and facts about Rafi) Rafi which won ten seats in the (The Israeli unicameral parliament) Knesset.
In 1968, when Rafi merged with Mapai to form the (Click link for more info and facts about Labour Alignment) Labour Alignment, Ben Gurion refused to reconcile with his old party and formed another new party, The State List, which won four seats in the 1969 election.
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 Flug Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion International - Billigflug-Preise für Flüge nach Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion International ...
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 Encyclopedia: David Ben-Gurion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Rafi party (Workers List) was formed in 1965 by former Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion, after he and a number of other Mapai members split with his successor, Levi Eshkol over the Lavon affair.
Ben Gurion was a great leader, to be honored and respected.
Ben Gurion International Airport or Ben Gurion Airport (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), (named after David Ben-Gurion), located near Lod and once known as Lod Airport, is 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the largest and basically the only international airport in Israel.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/David-Ben_Gurion   (2986 words)

  
 Ben Gurion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Israel Airports Authority and Ben Gurion Airport management are ready for a wave of passengers over the holidays: 765,000 passengers will pass through the...
The nearest airport was Ben Gurion and we chose to turn the plane around, so that we could repair the plane n Israel.
Ben Gurion International Airport, named after David Ben-Gurion, is Israel's largest international airport.
www.wikiverse.org /ben-gurion   (174 words)

  
 David Ben-Gurion-A Brief Biography & Quotes
Ben Gurion was the major factor behind Yishuv's (a term that refers to the Jews in Palestine prior to 1948) military power and is considered as the founder of the State of Israel.
In the context of the 1929 disturbance, Ben Gurion spoke of the emerging Palestinian nationalism, and the main goal of Zionism (where Palestine's population becomes a "Jewish majority") to the secretariat of the major Zionist groupings.
On December 19, 1947, Ben Gurion advised the Haganah on the rules of engagement with the Palestinian population.
www.palestineremembered.com /Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story638.html   (16108 words)

  
 Judaism 101 - David ben Gurion - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG
Ben Gurion at the time urged the student body to make “Aliyah;” that is, to make it a part of our life-plans to join the Jewish People in the Jewish State.
Ben Gurion was born in Plonsk, Poland in 1886 and attended a Hebrew school established by his father, an ardent Zionist.
On May 14, 1948, Ben Gurion proclaimed the Independence of Israel, and led the Jewish People to victory through its first war in 2,000 years as an independent state.
www.ou.org /about/judaism/rabbis/bengurion.htm   (500 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: David ben Gurion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushua in the place of Tal al-Shuman.
There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." David Ben Gurion, quoted in The Jewish Paradox, by Nahum Goldmann, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978, p.
Allon repeated his question, 'What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said, 'Drive them out.'" - (quoted in version of Yitzak Rabin's memoirs published in the New York Times, October 23, 1979).
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 Ben-Gurion, David on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In December 1953 Mr David BEN GURION retired from his public positions, and settled at Sde Boker in the Negev desert which is a kibbutz.He normally took his morning constitutional in the (PAR103772)
In December 1953 Mr David BEN GURION retired from his public positions, and settled at Sdeh Boker in the Negev desert which is a kibbutz.1966 He is accompanied by his friend Yehoshua Coh (PAR116686)
David BEN GURION, Zionist leader and Israel's first and longest-serving Prime Minister (1948-1953 and 1955-1963) during a Convention of the Israeli Labour Party.
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 Ben Gurion airport security
Yet Ben Gurion has experienced no serious terrorist incidents for more than 30 years, leading some observers to rank the airport among the most secure in the world.
“When Ben Gurion started working on the problem in the early 1970s, we said that intentions are difficult to define and detect, so let's look for the weapon,” Ron says.
At Ben Gurion, for example, all vehicles traveling on airport access roads must stop at booths staffed by security people.
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 El movimiento sionista ante la partición de Palestina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This acceptance of the partition did not mean that the Zionist movement renounced to the foundational aspirations, and the 1947-1948 war permitted the advance to the original territorial objectives and the expulsion of the population.
Ben Gurion, al contrario, rechazó continuar por este camino e impulsó la nueva ofensiva en el Negev para controlar toda la zona.
La visión de Ben Gurion también se expresó en la política de represalia incremental que condujo a la mayoría de guerras y enfrentamientos entre árabes e israelíes y que, todavía en la actualidad, se expresa en la represión en los Territorios Ocupados y en los ataques en el sur de Líbano.
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 American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Home
BGU researchers take a new approach to fight Hepatitis A by focusing on toddlers.
Ben Gurion University and its new pioneers seek to make the Negev bloom.
BGU has partnered with BITS to set up a Centre for Desert Development Technology for the Desert Bloom mission.
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 Ben Gurion, David
David Ben Gurion (1886-1973), zionist, israelsk statsmand, politiker og socialdemokrat.
Gurion blev født i Plonsk i Polen men emigrerede i 1906 til Palæstina, hvor han blev landarbejder, samtidig med at han var en livlig skribent.
Foruden at være forfatter til en række bøger om Israels grundlæggelse, har Gurion udgivet sine erindringer: «Ben Gurion ser tilbage».
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 David Ben Gurion - netlexikon
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 Ben-Gurion
This set of coins was issued by the Bank of Israel to honor David Ben Gurion.
A Zionist leader, the founder of the Israel Workers' Party (Mapai), the Secretary-General of the General Federation of Labor (Histadrut), and Israel's first Prime Minister.
On Friday May 14, 1948 at 4:00 PM in Tel Aviv, David Ben Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the Jewish State, to be called "Israel".
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 Read about David Ben-Gurion at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research David Ben-Gurion and learn about David Ben-Gurion ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Returning to government, Ben Gurion collaborated with the British and French to plan the 1956 Sinai War in which Israel stormed the
A rivalry developed between the two, however, and Ben Gurion broke with the party in June
Labour Alignment, Ben Gurion refused to reconcile with his old party and formed another new party, The
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 Ben Gurion Society
In 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, became the face of a new nation and a new symbol for leadership in the Jewish world.
All donors aged 45 and under who make a gift of $1,000 or more to the annual UJA/CJA campaign are automatically members of the Ben Gurion Society.
Since its establishment in Vancouver in 2001 the Ben Gurion Society has grown to more than 100 members.
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We are an independent academic unit of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev dedicated to pursuing historical research on the life of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, and on the redemption and establishment of the State of Israel.
Our work covers the years between 1917 and 1967, the crucial, formative period in the process of nation building in which the principle features of Ben- Gurion's life-work in land-settlement and the growth of the state found expression.
The Ben-Gurion Research Center derives its status from the David Ben-Gurion Law, passed by the Knesset in 1976, and by the agreement between the Ben-Gurion University and Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute signed in 1982.
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 The Middle East Conflict: Zionist Quotes
-- David Ben Gurion, quoted in The Jewish Paradox, by Nahum Goldmann, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978, p.
The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country."
-- David Ben Gurion, quoted on pp 91-2 of Chomsky's Fateful Triangle, which appears in Simha Flapan's "Zionism and the Palestinians pp 141-2 citing a 1938 speech.
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