One particular memory of David Ben-Gurion is quite famous. As per the ‘master plan’ developed by the team of Architect Arieh Sharon, the development towns were under-construction all across Israel. Similar plans for the region of Negev were also on the anvil. The Negev Desert covers more than half of Israel and thus it was […]
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Israeli architect Arieh Sharon added about 180 experts from the various fields like town planning, housing construction, architecture, finance, etc. to his team and with their assistance designed the ‘National Outline Plan’. It proved to be the ‘master plan’ for infrastructure development in Israel. The master plan primarily aimed at – reducing the clogging of […]
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For Israel, the decade of 1950 proved to be one of the ‘rationing system’ or the ‘austerity measures’. However, the foundation of the future Israeli social system got laid in this decade. Even as Israel is considered a developed nation today, in the 1950s, it was miles away from this status. Going forward in our […]
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The ‘Austerity measures’ did not prove viable beyond a certain limit. On the one hand, the Jewish diaspora continued to remit aid to Israel, but on the other, the hordes of Jewish immigrants continued to reach Israel ceaselessly. With the kind of news coming in from Germany, an alternate plan had been on Prime Minister […]
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Israel won the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. However, despite winning the war against the Arab nations, having to fight the war right at its creation had left Israel’s condition weak. All the resources of the country had come under strain due to the colossal war expense. At the same time, the number of Jews immigrating to […]
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Israel won the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In spite of the inadequate number of troops and very limited firepower, Israel had won the conflict by overcoming numerous challenges with sheer perseverance in a battle heavily skewed in favour of the well-armed militaries of the five Arab nations which had invaded Israel from all the four sides. […]
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For a few days, at the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, due to the shortage of arms and ammunition with the Jews, the Arabs enjoyed an upper hand over them. Then, the Jewish diaspora spread across the world girded up their loins to get their motherland out of this problem and consequently, within no […]
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After declaring the establishment of an independent Jew nation in the land of Israel, David Ben-Gurion headed straight for the Israeli military headquarters. The administrators of the new state had to be democratically elected as Israel had chosen the democratic form of governance. But till the time the first election happened, an interim government was […]
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“We… hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel” – declared David Ben-Gurion in a solemn voice. On the 14th of May, 1948, the ceremony commenced with a rendition of ‘Hatikvah’ (later recognized as the national anthem of Israel)following which, Ben-Gurion’s solemn voice was heard […]
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David Ben-Gurion’s anxiety grew as the 15th of May 1948 came closer. Actually speaking,in the on-going Arab-Jew Civil War, the Jews appeared to win across the land of Palestine while the Palestinian Arabs, fearing for their life, continued to flee with their families and whatever belongings they could carry. However, the upper hand, the Jews, […]
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