Posts Tagged: Ben Gurion
Israel’s Defiance of US Pressure
JNS.org - The extended delay of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invitation to the White House, the threat to reassess US-Israel relations and the emerging...
Remembering the Altalena
Last Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a new memorial to the 16 victims of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s order to open fire on the...
Ben-Gurion’s Legacy: Resisting U.S. Pressure
Upon the 40th anniversary of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's death, Israeli and American policy-makers should study the 1948 legacy of Israel's Founding Father: Defiance of...
Huge ‘White Cloud’ of 10,000 Butterflies Spotted Near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport (VIDEO)
A plowed field outside Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport this weekend was the scene of a rare sighting of some 10,000 butterflies, which created...
Naqba — Commemorating a Self-Inflicted Tragedy
Today, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over the years, mark what they call the naqba (Arabic for catastrophe). It was on...
Rhetorical Style in Israel’s Declaration of Independence
On a warm Friday afternoon in May, shortly before the Sabbath's arrival, a black chauffer-driven vehicle pulls up in front of 16 Rothschild Boulevard in...
After PA UN Bid Israel Should Extend Jerusalem’s Municipal Lines and Embrace Levy Report
The November 29, 2012 UN vote to upgrade the Palestinian Authority (PA) to a "non-member observer state" - in violation of the 1993 Oslo Accords -...
End the Occupation – Now!
As a result of the 1967 Six Day War, Israel gained control of the Golan, Sinai, Judea and Samaria, and united its holy city and...
