David Ben Gurion
Israel Has Detained An American Student For A Week. But No One Cares, Because She’s Not Jewish.
The Israeli government assumes that when it comes to Palestinians, its actions won’t garner much attention from the American press
Peter Beinart: I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs
By detaining me, the Israeli government reminded us that if we want to be proud of our future, we’ll have to fight for it.
It’s Time To Stop Excusing Palestinian Violence
Palestinian leadership cares less about borders or territory than trying to actively demonize, delegitimize and reject the very existence of Israel.
Netanyahu Now in Office Longer Than Ben-Gurion
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broken David Ben-Gurion’s record as the prime minister who served the longest consecutive term in Israel’s history. As of Tuesday, Netanyahu had served 2,793 days — or seven years and 236 days — besting Ben-Gurion’s 2,790-day record, according to the Israel Democracy Institute. Ben-Gurion was Israel’s first…
David Ben-Gurion Favored West Bank Withdrawal, Newly Unearthed Footage Shows
(JTA) — Newly rediscovered footage of a 1968 interview with David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, shows that he opposed West Bank settlements and instead favored returning most of the land Israel captured in the Six-Day War. The six-hour interview with Ben-Gurion — segments of which appear in a new film called “Ben-Gurion Epilogue” — had…
Dubai-Amman Flight Diverted to Israel
A Royal Jordanian flight heading to Amman made an emergency landing in Israel.
38 Love Letters From David Ben-Gurion Hit Block for $20K
Thirty-eight letters and nine telegrams written by David Ben-Gurion to his lover in the 1930s will be auctioned off with a starting bid of $20,000.
David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s Segregationist Founder
Revelations from Israel’s archives reveal David Ben-Gurion supported segregating Ashkenazi and Mizrachi children. Seth J. Frantman explores the bitter legacy of such controversial views.
Anita Shapira Examines the Rise and Fall of David Ben-Gurion
Not another biography of David Ben-Gurion, you might say. Think again: Anita Shapira’s new biography is compact but powerful and timely, Jerome A. Chanes explains.
Why Israel Cannot Ignore the World Any Longer
David Ben-Gurion once famously claimed that Israel could safely ignore the rest of the world. J.J. Goldberg explains why his rhetoric has never sounded so hollow — and 2015 may prove it.
