Ben-Gurion
Israel's first premier
Ben-Gurion refers to David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), the principal founder and first Prime Minister of Israel.
The name appears in Israeli geography and institutions: Ben-Gurion Airport, Ben-Gurion University.
In historical and political contexts, Ben-Gurion often serves as shorthand for the founding generation of Israeli statehood and its socialist-Zionist ideology.
Advocacy for Hebrew homeland
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- independenceFreedom from external control
- declarationFormal public announcement
- 1948Mid-twentieth century year
founding father · prime minister · statehood · Jewish state · sovereignty · diplomacy · leadership · visionary
Masculine Hebrew name
- PaulaLatin name meaning humble
- NegevDesert in Israel
- desertTo leave behind completely
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
diary · letters · memoirs · Poland · autobiography · legacy · burial · tomb
Desert in Israel
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- academiaHigher education community
- studentsThose receiving instruction
faculty · degrees · engineering · sciences · scholarship · institution · education · library
League-sanctioned colonial governance
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- UNMultinational peacekeeping body
1947 · armistice · Diaspora · aliyah · kibbutz · pioneer · settlement · Balfour Declaration
Israeli Mediterranean port city
- terminalAt the endpoint
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- flightsScheduled air travel segments
- arrivalsThose who come
departures · hub · aviation · passport control · duty-free · runway · transit · security
Zionism
Advocacy for Hebrew homeland
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- independenceFreedom from external control
- declarationFormal public announcement
1948 · founding father · prime minister · statehood · Jewish state · sovereignty · diplomacy · leadership · visionary · nation-building
David
Masculine Hebrew name
retirement · diary · letters · memoirs · Poland · autobiography · legacy · burial · tomb · simplicity
Negev
Desert in Israel
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- academiaHigher education community
students · faculty · degrees · engineering · sciences · scholarship · institution · education · library · innovation
British Mandate
League-sanctioned colonial governance
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
UN · 1947 · armistice · Diaspora · aliyah · kibbutz · pioneer · settlement · Balfour Declaration · underground
Tel Aviv
Israeli Mediterranean port city
- terminalAt the endpoint
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- flightsScheduled air travel segments
arrivals · departures · hub · aviation · passport control · duty-free · runway · transit · security · passengers
- World LeadersChurchill, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev, Thatcher
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- Jewish HistoryHolocaust, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon
- Israeli FiguresGolda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman
- Israeli PoliticsKnesset, Netanyahu, Labor Party, coalition government, Rabin
- Jewish FiguresMoses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Aaron
Ben-GurionYasser Arafat
Ben-GurionYitzhak Rabin
Ben-GurionBenjamin Netanyahu