David Ben-Gurion

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Secret diaries reveal Ben-Gurion’s sleepless battle to build a nation

Secret diaries reveal Ben-Gurion’s sleepless battle to build a nation

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in April. Israeli democracy is actually shockingly half-baked, the writer argues.

Israel’s missing constitution creates a half-democracy - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks near his office in the Knesset last month. The next stage is elections, but the real question isn’t just who will run; it’s what the campaign will be about, says the writer.

From mockery to legacy: Netanyahu, Trump, and the battle for Israel’s future - opinion


Independence Day 2025: A 'conversation' with great figures of Israeli, Zionist history - opinion

My questions, their words – genuine quotes spanning 130 years of vision and anticipation.

 AN AI-GENERATE image of a theoretical Zoom chat with some of the visionaries who helped create modern-day Israel.

Why Israelis should be eating ice cream for breakfast this Independence Day – opinion

Independence Day 2025 means we should celebrate Israel’s rebirth while honoring its ongoing struggles.

 The Israeli flag.

Rare handwritten diary entry by David Ben-Gurion from Israel's founding day revealed

The Ben-Gurion Institute hopes that by next Independence Day, the original diary notebook will also be located and made public.

 An excerpt of David Ben-Gurion's diary.

Seculars, national-religious Zionists, moderate Right could break up Netanyahu coalition - opinion

In an upcoming election, Bennett should run separately, representing the Zionist religious and moderate Right, but Lapid is an exhausted figure who failed miserably in the 2022 election.

 THEN-PRIME minister Naftali Bennett and then-foreign minister Yair Lapid hold a news conference in the Knesset, 2022.

Historic meeting: Israeli leaders receive newly republished writings of David Ben-Gurion

For the first time in decades, the writings of Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion, have been republished in a new edition and presented to the country’s current and former leaders.

 President Isaac Herzog reading the newly republished books of Israel's first Prime Minister

Eyal Zamir likely to lead IDF into a new era: 'Small and smart' is over

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Zamir’s two civilian years in the Defense Ministry will also be useful in terms of his task’s most prickly dimension – personnel. 

 OUTGOING IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (left) and his successor, Eyal Zamir, attend a ceremony in 2019.

On This Day: David Ben-Gurion won Israel's first election

The elections were not for the Knesset, which did not exist yet, but for the Constituent Assembly, a body tasked with formulating a constitution for the emerging state.

 Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.

Remembering Clinton Bailey, Ben-Gurion interviewer and Bedouin expert

Buffalo-born Dr. Bailey's interview with David Ben-Gurion was the basis of a major film, and he was also the creator of an archive of Bedouin life at the National Library of Israel.

 Clinton Bailey at his Jerusalem home.

Lessons of the Altalena Affair: Lebanon only gets one army, there's no room for Hezbollah - opinion

It’s time for the lesson of the Altalena to be implemented in Lebanon. Only one army can be allowed to operate in Lebanon for peace and prosperity to exist in the Land of the Cedars.

 Lebanese army soldiers secure a site that was hit by a strike, in Saraain

How a group of seventh grade pupils documented history at Kibbutz Sde Boker

“It felt like it was a historical moment to take part in this project. We are maybe the last generation to hear these stories told directly by the people who experienced them.”

 David Ben-Gurion, his wife, Paula, and Golda Meir welcome future US president John F. Kennedy and his delegation to the Prime Minister’s Office in 1951.

Preserving Ben-Gurion’s legacy: Historic artifacts up for auction to empower Israel’s Negev

The collection includes rare items tied to Ben-Gurion, such as a signed book and a document from 1948.

 A historic photo of David Ben-Gurion that will be auctioned at the end of the month by "Beit Udi."