Israel's declaration of independence isn't a constitution. Or is it?
Tag: David Ben-Gurion
The paradoxical Jabotinsky
Does Jabotinsky's legacy include evacuation of settlements?
Will the real founders please stand up?
The year is 1949. Cast your vote for a founder of Israel!
It takes two to make history
Ben-Gurion and Abdullah made the map of the Middle East in 1948. They also led parallel lives.
Ben-Gurion 1948: Israel’s Churchill?
Ben-Gurion in 1948: did he made the difference between victory and defeat?
Does Ben-Gurion deserve the credit?
Benny Morris, Eliot Cohen, Efraim Inbar on Ben-Gurion and the IDF.
Swearing allegiance to Israel
Ben-Gurion swore in the IDF, and even changed the commanders' names.
Ben-Gurion and his generals
To unite Israel's army, Ben-Gurion had to shock Israel's leaders.
Choice books on Israel, 2019
Martin Kramer chooses worthwhile books on Israel for 2019.
The rise of Israel in three acts
If Zionism were a play, these three would share the lead.
Israel’s founding fathers
How did no fewer than three visionary geniuses arise to lead the Jews to restored national independence?
Story so good, he told it twice
The version of the Ben-Gurion "occupation" story in the NYT: copy-and-paste.
The New York Times stands by its error
The New York Times fails a fact-check in Israeli history.
Debunked, but still fit to print on page one
The New York Times repeats a debunked myth on page one.
Ben-Gurion and land for (true) peace
What territory did Ben-Gurion want to keep? More than you thought.
Ben-Gurion and borders
Ben-Gurion on borders: just how pragmatic?
Benny Morris responds
Benny Morris responds to my essay on May 1948. What did Ben-Gurion really want?
The vote that really made Israel
A forgotten vote made the State of Israel. Not the vote you think.
Kept secret from “The Crown”?
How true is the Netflix series "The Crown" on the Suez cover-up?
Israel’s first best friend
Did Stalin's Soviet Union midwife the birth of Israel?
Do you know the Mufti man?
Did Ben-Gurion sit alongside the Mufti? Martin Kramer solves a riddle.
Shabtai Teveth and the whole truth
The late Shabtai Teveth, Ben-Gurion's biographer, was one of Israel's great truth-tellers.
“No Democratic president has ever strong-armed Israel”
"No Democratic president has ever strong-armed Israel on any key national security issue." Efraim Halevy makes a partisan claim. It doesn't pass rudimentary scrutiny.
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