The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/david-ben-gurion/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:35:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png David Ben-Gurion | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/david-ben-gurion/ 32 32 New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-drama-the-eichmann-trial-at-jerusalems-beit-haam-takes-same-stage-as-actual-trial/ Mon, 04 May 2026 02:26:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3811732 Through May 4, the portrayal of the 1961 hearing offers a captivating glimpse at the human psyche, along with a history of budding relations between Germany and the Jewish state

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]]> Ben-Gurion’s grandson: Presence of ‘Kahanist’ minister at memorial ‘disrespectful’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurions-grandson-presence-of-kahanist-minister-at-memorial-disrespectful/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:00:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3698099 In off-the-cuff remarks, Yariv Ben-Eliezer says government should not have sent Otzma Yehudit's Yitzhak Wasserlauf to annual state ceremony for his grandfather

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]]> Comptroller blames Israel’s October 7 failures on lack of national security policy https://www.timesofisrael.com/comptroller-blames-israels-october-7-failures-on-lack-of-national-security-policy/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:01:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3686042 Matanyahu Englman says that without an official doctrine and interagency coordination, political and military leaders have been improvising for decades; urges Netanyahu to launch reform

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]]> Daily Briefing May 1: Day 573 – Ben-Gurion’s anguish upon the founding of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-may-1-day-573-ben-gurions-anguish-upon-the-founding-of-israel/ Thu, 01 May 2025 08:58:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3538981&preview=true&preview_id=3538981 In a special Independence Day episode, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur takes us back to the first prime minister's conflicted emotions as the nascent state fought enemies and division

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]]> Ben-Gurion diary entries on day of independence revealed: ‘I mourn among the joyful’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurion-diary-entries-on-day-of-independence-revealed-i-mourn-among-the-joyful/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3536631 Document found in archives reveals how first PM worried over Arab invasion, writing on May 14, 1948, that nascent state's fate was 'in the hands of the security forces'

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]]> Israel national archive opens online access to 380,000 pages of Eichmann trial documents https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-national-archive-opens-online-access-to-380000-pages-of-eichmann-trial-documents/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:06:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3469096 Trove of scanned paperwork include prosecutors' correspondence with Ben-Gurion, original testimonies including from writer Yehiel Dinur who met Nazi war criminal in Auschwitz

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]]> Ben-Gurion’s stolen glasses returned to Sde Boker museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurions-stolen-glasses-returned-to-sde-boker-museum/ Mon, 27 May 2024 19:11:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3299152 Police say spectacles found near military barracks hours after soldier snatched them during tour of first premier's desert abode; pilferer interrogated, put on remand

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]]> Emerging Independence Day ritual inspires unity and gratitude in shadow of October 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/emerging-independence-day-ritual-inspires-unity-and-gratitude-in-shadow-of-october-7/ Tue, 14 May 2024 06:01:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3286185 Reading the Declaration of Independence together in public bridges between secular and religious Israelis in a new-old tradition that can be adapted to any citizen's faith

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]]> Court orders release of suspect in torching of Ben Gurion statue to house arrest https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-orders-release-of-suspect-in-torching-of-ben-gurion-statue-to-house-arrest/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:33:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3102417&preview=true&preview_id=3102417 Tel Aviv judge gives police 24 hours to appeal, criticizes their handling of probe into incident, says they were influenced by media attention

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]]> Iconic Ben-Gurion headstand statue on Tel Aviv beach badly burned in attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/iconic-ben-gurion-headstand-statue-on-tel-aviv-beach-damaged-in-arson-attack/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 08:57:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3097782 Homeless man arrested; security increased at first PM's home, which laments 'increasing vitriol' toward Israel's founders days after gov't lawyer rapped Declaration of Independence

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]]> What Matters Now to author Oren Kessler: 1936 Palestine’s missed peace deal https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-author-oren-kessler-1936-palestines-missed-peace-deal/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:21:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3074279 In 'Palestine 1936,' Kessler delves into dusty archives to bring to life the overlooked saga of the 3-year Arab Revolt that arguably forms the roots of today's Middle East conflict

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]]> New desert promenade will take visitors on Ben-Gurion’s favorite Negev walk https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-desert-promenade-will-take-visitors-on-ben-gurions-favorite-negev-walk/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 04:45:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2960978 Sde Boker, where the first prime minister lived after retiring, gets an upgrade that aims to draw tourists while keeping their footprint small

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]]> Battle over High Court exposes frailty of Israel’s piecemeal system of government https://www.timesofisrael.com/battle-over-high-court-exposes-israel-weak-piecemeal-system-of-government/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:44:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2922318 The center-left’s fears are reasonable, the right’s arguments authentic; both sides should get past the current shrill debate and restructure a broken system of checks and balances

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]]> Renowned author’s passion for Israel, Judaism showcased in Buenos Aires https://www.timesofisrael.com/renowned-authors-passion-for-israel-judaism-showcased-in-buenos-aires/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 22:38:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2871512 Jorge Luis Borges exhibit in Argentina National Library, co-organized by local Israeli embassy, set to feature events discussing Jewish themes in non-Jewish author's work

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]]> Ken Burns’ Holocaust documentary may be hard on America, but not hard enough https://www.timesofisrael.com/ken-burns-holocaust-documentary-may-be-hard-on-america-but-not-hard-enough/ Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:04:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2838725 If the film is right and the US cared about the Jews' plight during the war, then why did it oppose bombing the tracks and bridges that would have saved Jews?

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