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On This Day: David Ben-Gurion won Israel's first election
Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. (photo credit ... Although Israel's Declaration of Independence states, "We declare that, with effect from the moment of the termination of ...
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David Ben Gurion's Historical Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948
document proclaims the establishment of new Jewish state of Israel declared by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, left, in Tel Aviv at midnight on May 14, 1948. Source: AP Independent news and ...
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9 rare photos from Israel’s War of Independence
(JTA) — Thursday is Israel’s Independence Day, which commemorates the country’s official Declaration of Independence in 1948. The country celebrated with rallies, fireworks displays ...
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Historic meeting: Israeli leaders receive newly republished writings of David Ben-Gurion
For the first time in decades, the writings of Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion ... Prime Minister (photo credit: GPO) In a unique initiative led by the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute ...
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El Derecho de Retorno: In Support of the Mexican Reconquista
On the 14th of May 1948, David Ben-Gurion delivered Israel’s Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel. He did so in the midst of a bloody war that began months earlier and would not ...
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On This Day: David Ben-Gurion won Israel's first election
On this day in 1949, the newly established State of Israel held its first elections, in which David Ben-Gurion's political party, Mapai, won, making Ben-Gurion the first-ever Israeli prime minister.