David Ben-Gurion
Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis
At a time when the word "Israel" evokes controversy and extreme hostility in many places, it is moving to recall eras and locations where Israelis were actually a source of admiration.
Netanyahu, the self-fulfilling prophet of Israel’s isolation - opinion
Political language has become a weapon against the truth and Israel - opinion
What do the Altalena and the Heritage Ministry have to do with the approaching elections? - opinion
Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message
Ben-Gurion recognized early on what became a well-known reality in the following decades: front lines that reach population centers, and the home front becoming a critical component of the war.
Time to implement Ben-Gurion’s vision: Litani River is Israel's natural northern border - opinion
The very founder of the State of Israel understood what we are painfully relearning today through war and bloodshed: the Litani River is the only defensible northern border for the Jewish state.
Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey
Experience Israel’s history through Werner Braun’s lens at the Between Water and Sky exhibition at MUZA, Ramat Aviv.
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.
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
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
