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David Ben-Gurion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "David Ben Gurion (1886-1973)" Jewish Agency for Israel. 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. Ben Gurion turned to the Feldenkrais method late in life in order to address recurring back problems, and was once famously photographed practicing on a beach in Tel Aviv. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Ben-Gurion   (1297 words)

BBC News Middle East David Ben Gurion David Ben Gurion was born in Czarist Poland in 1886. 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. Ben Gurion was expelled from Palestine in 1915 because of his nationalist and socialist activities. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/israel_at_50/profiles/81279.stm   (557 words)

Ben Gurion David Josef Green (Ben-Gurion) was born on October 16, 1886, in Plonsk, Poland and studied at a Hebrew School established by his father. David Ben-Gurion died on December 1, 1973, and was buried in his chosen plot in Sde Boker, near his wife. In 1963, at the age of 77, David Ben-Gurion resigned from Government for the second time, in the shadow of the Lavon Affair, which was the result of a failed intelligence gathering operation in Egypt in 1954 (the "Nasty Business"). www.pmo.gov.il /PMOEng/Government/Memorial/PrimeMinisters/Ben_Gurion.htm   (691 words)

David Ben-Gurion - MSN Encarta Born David Gruen in Płońsk, Russia (now in Poland), Ben-Gurion became committed to Zionism, the movement to settle and unite Jews in Palestine, under the influence of his father and grandfather. David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Israeli statesman and the first prime minister of Israel (1948-1953, 1955-1963). encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577015/David_Ben-Gurion.html   (1098 words)

David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion was born David Gruen on Oct. 16, 1886, in the town of Plonsk, Poland. David Ben-Gurion, (1886-1973) was the chief statesman and political leader of the modern state of Israel. David Ben Gurion was a strong and outspoken champion of the Jewish people. www.jewishmag.com /43mag/bengurion/bengurion.htm   (1721 words)

Online biograhy of David Ben-Gurion - Biography - Zionism and Israel - Biographies David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was born David Gruen in Plonsk, Poland in 1886. 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. 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. www.zionism-israel.com /bio/biography_david_bengurion.htm   (971 words)

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. Ben Gurion died in 1973 and was buried in Sde Boker. 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. www.recordonline.com /archive/2003/07/15/bengbox.htm   (606 words)

David Ben-Gurion in Relationships David Ben-Gurion does not appear to be an intensely emotional or sentimental person, and he is often unaware of his own or other people's deeper feelings and emotional needs. David Ben-Gurion is big-hearted and openhanded with both his money and affections and he is not happy if he has to budget or restrict himself in any way. David Ben-Gurion has a childlike openness and playfulness which is very appealing to others, but which sometimes gets him into trouble, as he takes risks on impulse or whim. www.topsynergy.com /famous/David_Ben_Gurion.asp   (911 words)

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. www.jewwatch.com /jew-leaders-ben-gurion.html   (7738 words)

Judaism 101 - David ben Gurion - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG Ben Gurion was born in Plonsk, Poland in 1886 and attended a Hebrew school established by his father, an ardent Zionist. 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. 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   (492 words)

Israpundit: Will the real David Ben Gurion please stand up??? ), is that I do not believe that anyone can unequivocally say what David Ben Gurion might have done were he alive today, regardless of the efforts of Ariel Sharon and the Israeli media to prove otherwise. Ben Gurion, the greatest Jewish statesman of the last two millenia and indeed one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century, also accepted the UN partition plan relinquishing a significant portion of eretz Israel. Without examining Ben Gurion's words against the context of what he was reacting to, it is unfair to conclude his sometimes seemingly contradictory statements betrayed a nature to speak out of both sides of his mouth. www.israpundit.com /archives/2005/12/will_the_real_d.php   (713 words)

Nurit Reshef: Ben Gurion 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. 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. www.bus.ualberta.ca /yreshef/zionism/bengurion.html   (1402 words)

David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was born in Plonsk Poland in 1886. He became a teacher in Hebrew and joined a Socialist Zionist group. www.english.ucla.edu /ucla1960s/6667/dbengurion.htm   (201 words)

David Ben-Gurion in Jewish History The contributions of David Ben Gurion to Jewish history are manifold, both to his people in their struggle for National redemption and to other people of the world who have learned and benefited from his example. In Palestine, the young David Gruen dropped his last name because it was associated with the Exile and took the name Ben Gurion, 'Son of the Lion.' In his new surroundings he tenaciously spoke in the ancient, but newly revived Hebrew tongue. For Ben Gurion, who urged independence despite the advice of many veteran Zionist leaders to proceed with caution in dealing with heads of state who had given endless, but repeatedly broken promises of Statehood, there was to be no more appeasement in the quest for Jewish self-determination. www.ameinu.net /frontier/jf_11-99_grubart.html   (1721 words)

David Ben- Gurion David Ben-Gurion was born 1886, in Plonsk, Russian-occupied Poland. David Ben Gurion and the American Alignment for a On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion chaired the meeting of the People's Council which declared the independence of the State of Israel. www.multied.com /bio/people/BenGurion.html   (219 words)

David Ben-Gurion at opensource encyclopedia David Ben-Gurion(&;) (October 16, 1886 - December 1, 1973) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion was voted by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 people who shaped the 20th century [1]. He first worked as a journalist and adopted his Hebrew name Ben-Gurion as he began his political career. www.wiki.tatet.com /David_Ben-Gurion.html   (337 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. On December 19, 1947, Ben Gurion advised the Haganah on the rules of engagement with the Palestinian population. 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. www.palestineremembered.com /Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story638.html   (16150 words)

David Ben Gurion David Ben Gurion was one of those who were entrusted with the task of guiding Israel in her formation and infancy. David Ben Gurion, a Polish Jew born in October of 1886, had a traditional upbringing, complete with a Hebrew education. However, this situation later caused David Ben Gurion to step down from his charge in 1963 because of some of the differences in his government concerning the way he had dealt with the affair. www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b1bengurion.htm   (1038 words)

Ben Gurion It was designated to commemorate David Ben Gurion's historic achievements and contribution as a leader and a statesman. David Ben Gurion Memorial Day falls on the 6th Kislev, the Hebrew date of his death. Online archive -134 images for Ben Gurion, taken from other sources... www.jafi.org.il /education/bengurion   (352 words)

BBC ON THIS DAY 1 1973: Israel's founding father dies David Ben-Gurion died just two months after the end of the 1973 war in which Egyptian and Syrian forces retook key positions lost in the 1967 "Six Day" war. David Ben-Gurion, a founder of the Israeli state and its first prime minister, has died aged 87. The day of his death coincided with new clashes between his homeland and Syria over the Golan Heights, which Israel had captured in 1967. news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/1/newsid_2492000/2492775.stm   (387 words)

David Ben Gurion David Ben Gurion, throughout his time as a Zionist leader in Poland, following in his father's footsteps, always held firm to the belief that only immigration, by Jews, to Palestine, would allow them to eventually regain the land they felt was "rightfully" theirs. Ben Gurion was one of the many Jews to do so, beginning a farm and writing for a small Jewish paper. And, one must not forget, it was Ben Gurion who announced the nation's independence to the world. members.aol.com /maxjsteele/dbengurion.html   (323 words)

David Ben Gurion The creation of Midreshet Sde Boker (Midreshet Ben Gurion) was inspired by the vision of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister and leading visionary (1886-1973). David Ben Gurion - Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs David Ben Gurion and me - my two encounters with a giant www.boker.org.il /english/bengurion.htm   (112 words)

Proclamation 5566 -- Centennial of the Birth of David Ben-Gurion Proclamation 5566 -- Centennial of the Birth of David Ben-Gurion Every quality we associate with statesmanship was David Ben-Gurion's-- wisdom, tremendous ability, great resourcefulness -- but none more so than the vision and the determination that propelled him decade after decade. David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel, was born one hundred years ago, on www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1986/110786b.htm   (302 words)

Israel Nature & National Parks Protection Authority - Site page Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife, Paula, are buried on the edge of a cliff overlooking the stunning landscape of the Zin Valley and the Avdat Plain. David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel and served as the first Prime Minister of the State. The paths from the parking area to the gravesites lead through a landscaped garden with plants which successfully adapted to the dry and saline desert conditions. www.parks.org.il /ParksENG/company_card.php3?NewNameMade=47&from=116&CNumber=337300   (244 words)

David Ben Gurion and Nahum Goldmann Conversation between David Ben Gurion and Nahum Goldmann 1956 from The Jewish Paradox, A personal memoir of historic encounters that shaped the drama of modern Jewry. "Together with Chaim Weizmann and David Ben Gurion, Nahum Goldmann is one of the truly towering figures of modern Jewry and has often been called one of the architects of modern Israel." (from the front flap of The Jewish Paradox) You responded to the source of the Ben Gurion quote with: ""the jewish paradox" hahaha... www.geocities.com /deancomeclean/BenGurion.html   (651 words)

BET BEN-GURION All the items belonging to Paula and David Ben-Gurion are in the house, in the same condition and in the same place they used to be when the house was lived in. David Ben-Gurion bequeathed in his will his house in Tel-Aviv to the State of Israel. It was Paula and David Ben-Gurion's permanent home until they settled in Sde-Boker. www.ben-gurion-house.org.il /eindex.html   (239 words)

David Ben-Gurion Mr David Ben Gurion in the library of his retirement Kibbutz Sde Boker. David Ben-Gurion- Political Figure, born 16 October 1886, Prime Minister of Israel (1949-53 and 1955-63) Israel: Prime Ministers - Prime Ministers David Ben-Gurion (1948–1953, 1955–1963) Moshe Sharett (1953–1955)... www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0807010.html   (299 words)

David Ben-Gurion The First Prime Minister In June 1965 the Mapai party split, with Ben- Gurion establishing Rafi, which won 10 Knesset seats in the following elections. In 1968, Rafi rejoined Mapai and Achdut Ha'avoda, to form the Israel Labor Party, while Ben-Gurion formed a new party, "Hareshima Hamamlachtit", which won four Knesset seats in the 1969 elections. The source of tension between the two leaders was the failure of a spying operation in an Arab country. www.pmo.gov.il /PMOEng/History/FormerPrimeMinister/bengur.htm   (589 words)

David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was born in Plonsk, Poland in 1886 and educated in a Hebrew school established by his father, an ardent Zionist. In June 1970, Ben-Gurion retired from political life and returned to Sde Boker where he passed away in 1973. By his mid-teens, Ben-Gurion led a Zionist youth group, "Ezra," whose members spoke only Hebrew among themselves. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/ben_gurion.html   (491 words)

TIME 100: David Ben-Gurion Ever since he was a frail child with a disproportionately big head, David Ben-Gurion was always clear about his next move, about the Jewish people's destination, about the link between his steps and the deliverance of the Jews in their biblical homeland. David Ben-Gurion was prime minister of the state of Israel when it was founded in May 1948 He would quote Spinoza as if throwing rocks at a rival. www.time.com /time/time100/leaders/profile/bengurion.html   (287 words)

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