Posts Tagged: David Ben-Gurion
Peres: Deal Which Doesn’t Prevent Iran From Going Nuclear Must Not be Signed
Israeli President Shimon Peres said that in any deal with Iran the world must be certain that Iran cannot become a nuclear power. "Yesterday, the P5+1...
Israel Begins to Build Military Oasis in the Negev Desert
Israel is looking to populate the Negev and it's doing it by means of the military, The Financial Times reports. In that desert land an enormous military...
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013: How to Say ‘Never Again’ and Mean It
As we mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) on April 8 for the 60th consecutive year—this somber day was first placed onto the Jewish...
The Hebrew Bible As Common Ground
Followers of the three great Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which comprise more than half the world's 7 billion people--frequently spend more time focusing on...
Opinion: A Clown in the Israel Government
Once upon a time there was leadership in Israel. David Ben Gurion was a major Zionist leader and the first prime minister of the state...
Former VP Henry Wallace, Forgotten Zionist, Stars in Oliver Stone’s New TV Series
Oliver Stone's controversial new television series on Showtime, which debuted Nov. 12, argues that Henry Wallace, the leftwing former vice president, could have established peace with...
Long-Delayed Museum on Polish Jewry Set to Open
After nearly 20 years of planning and delays, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is set to open in 2013 in Poland, the Associated...
Brothers at War: Israel and the Tragedy of the Altalena (REVIEW)
Brothers at War: Israel and the Tragedy of the Altalena, by Jerold Auerbach, (New Orleans, LA: Quid Pro Books, 2011). MILCHEMET ACHIM!—Brothers at war!—is a...
Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History through the Lives of Its Foremost Leaders (REVIEW)
Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation's History through the Lives of Its Foremost Leaders, by Jack L. Schwartzwald. (Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland...
Ehud Olmert’s Corruption Case And the Ghosts of Prime Ministers Past
Historian Bernard Lewis once quipped that in the West one needed money to gain power, but in the Mid-East one needed power to really gain...
Perverse Palestinian Pride
Today, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over the years, mark what they call the "naqba" (Arabic for catastrophe) day. But commemoration...
64 Years Ago Today, Ben-Gurion Announced the Establishment of Israel (VIDEO)
On May 14th, 1948, David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the Jewish State in Israel. Ben-Gurion, who was the country's first prime minister, went to...
Why 1948 Matters More Than Ever
Of all the events surrounding modern Israel's rebirth—the rise of the Zionist movement, the first and second aliyahs, the building of pre-state institutions...
Let the Mormons Baptize Jews After Death, Who Cares?
Candidates for the Republican nomination for president have brought the Mormon Church right into the public eye. No doubt the successful, clean living,...
