David Ben-Gurion

Israel at 78: Unbowed, strong, and determined as it swings between a miracle and a mess - comment

It has been a year of sirens and safe rooms, of long stints of reserve duty, of families stretched to the breaking point. A year of loss, strain, and uncertainty.

Prayer in a Safed bomb shelter.
Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion

Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message

An illustrative image of Louaize in southern Lebanon.

Time to implement Ben-Gurion’s vision: Litani River is Israel's natural northern border - opinion

Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey


Middle Israel: Sleeping with Somaliland is good, waltzing with it is bad - opinion

Israel’s recognition this week of Somaliland – a self-declared country in northeast Africa – is part of a time-honored legacy with its fair share of foresight and risk.

THE KIND OF of strategic alliance that Israel is nurturing in Somaliland already emerged last year, when Somaliland signed a deal with Ethiopia, leasing to its landlocked neighbor a 20-km. coastal strip for a naval base.

Defense Minister Israel Katz is a strategic liability that Israel cannot afford - opinion

Israel's defense minister does not have the skills that his job demands. The kind of strategizing that Ben-Gurion, Eshkol, and Arens did in their jobs is beyond Katz’s abilities

Defence Minister Israel Katz inspects a missile at the Tel Nof Air Force base in March.

'Courageous leadership required': Zamir seems to jab gov't at Ben-Gurion remembrance event

This came after clashing on Monday with Defense Minister Israel Katz over the October 7 probes after the move to reexamine the Turgeman committee report.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir at David Ben-Gurion's grave in Sde Boker.

Drafts of Ben-Gurion's 'Revolution of the Spirit' speech unveiled in honor of first PM's death

“This document is an invitation to rethink ‘the day after’ and what is required of us in our own day,” Director General of the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute, Eitan Donitz, said.

Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion

Ben-Gurion's historic neighborhood revived in Sde Boker restoration project

Ben-Gurion's former neighborhood has been revitalized through a new restoration project at Kibbutz Sde Boker.

Ben-Gurion staute, located in Ben-Gurion Hut compound, Sde Boker.

On This Day: IDF soldier fatally shoots Hamas arch-terrorist, Oct. 7 mastermind, Yahya Sinwar

Sources close to the matter told The Jerusalem Post at the time that the operation was not intended to kill Sinwar, implying that soldiers found him through coincidence.

 A person holds a cut-out depicting late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to condemn the U.S. strikes in Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen April 11, 2025.

This week in Jewish history: High Holy Days, return of Yemeni Jews, Second Intifada

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

YEMENI JEWS are brought home: From Aden to Israel via plane, their personal ‘wings of eagles,’ around 1950.

Heritage minister seeks to locate remains of Irgun's Altalena ship, shelled by IDF in 1948

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu described to Channel 14's The Patriots that there is still "pain" over the affair, which led to the deaths of 16 Irgun paramilitary members and three IDF soldiers.

Civilians watch as smoke rises from the Altalena following the IDF shelling off the coast of Tel Aviv, June 1948.

Video showing haredi youth desecrating Ben-Gurion's grave prompts outrage, police investigation

“Whether the video is authentic or fake, it attempts to tarnish David Ben-Gurion's memory," the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute stated,

Black flag in protest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed on the grave of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, March 22, 2020

New Knesset Museum opens, showcasing a modern interactive experience with the past

The museum was built within the old building of the Knesset, also known as the Froumine House, which is located on King George Street in Jerusalem’s city center.

New Knesset Museum.