David Ben-Gurion

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David Ben-Gurion
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1st Prime Meenister o Israel
In office
17 Mey 1948 ? 26 Januar 1954
Preses Chaim Weizmann
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Precedit bi New office
Succeedit bi Moshe Sharett
In office
3 November 1955 ? 26 Juin 1963
Preses Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Zalman Shazar
Precedit bi Moshe Sharett
Succeedit bi Levi Eshkol
Chairman o the Provisional State Cooncil o Israel
In office
14 Mey 1948 ? 16 Mey 1948
Precedit bi New office
Succeedit bi Chaim Weizmann
Meenister o Defense
In office
14 Mey 1948 ? 26 Januar 1954
Prime Meenister Himsel
Precedit bi New office
Succeedit bi Pinhas Lavon
In office
21 Februar 1955 ? 26 Juin 1963
Prime Meenister Moshe Sharett
Himsel
Precedit bi Pinhas Lavon
Succeedit bi Levi Eshkol
Personal details
Born David Grun
16 October 1886 ( 1886-10-16 )
Pło?sk , Congress Poland
Dee'd 1 December 1973 (1973-12-01) (aged 87)
Ramat Gan , Israel
Naitionality Congress Poland
  Ottoman Empire
  Unitit Kinrick
  Israel
Poleetical pairty Mapai , Rafi , Naitional Leet
Spoose(s) Paula Ben-Gurion
Bairns 3
Alma mater Varsity o Warsaw
Istanbul Varsity
Religion Jewish atheism [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Signatur

Aboot this soondDavid Ben-Gurion   ( Hebrew : ?????? ????-??????????? ‎‎, born David Grun on 16 October 1886, dee'd 1 December 1973) wis the first Prime Meenister o Israel an a Zionist leader. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism , whilk began early in life, culminatit in his instrumental role in the foondin o the state o Israel . Efter leadin Israel tae victory in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , Ben-Gurion helpit big the state institutions an owersaw the absorption o vast nummers o Jews frae aw ower the warld . Upon reteerin frae poleetical life in 1970, he flittit tae Sde Boker , a kibbutz in the Negev desert, whaur he bidit till his daith. Posthumously, Ben-Gurion wis named ane o Time Magazine 's 100 Maist Important Fowk o the 20t Century.

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  1. Zev Chafets (2008). A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance . HarperCollins. p.  37 . ISBN   9780060890599 . “To be a realist here, you have to believe in miracles,” David Ben-Gurion once remarked. He didn't believe that literally, of course; he was an atheist. But he insisted that his offi- cials and generals take Old Testament names.
  2. Tariq Ali (2003). The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2 ed.). Verso. p.  10 . ISBN   9781859844571 . Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan were self-proclaimed atheists.
  3. Karen Armstrong (1997). Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths . Random House Digital, Inc. p. 369. ISBN   9780345391681 . Even a committed atheist like Ben-Gurion found its sacred position on his own emotional map more compelling than the demographic and historical facts that were staring him in the face.
  4. Jonathan B. Isacoff (2006). "2". Writing the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Pragmatism And Historical Inquiry . Lexington Books. p.  54 . ISBN   9780739112731 . David Ben-Gurion makes an especially fascinating study as a spokesman for Jewish messianic teleology in that by most accounts he was a secular atheist.
  5. Eyal Chowers (2012). The Political Philosophy of Zionism: Trading Jewish Words for a Hebraic Land . Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN   9781107005945 . David Ben-Gurion (1886?1973), the first prime minister of Israel and its foremost politician in the age...Though an atheist, he saw the Bible as the most important source for shaping the new Hebrew's identity...