The West Bank

“Ayalon Challenges PA to a Duel”

"Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon reacted Monday (July 25) to condemnation by the Palestinian Authority over his video titled 'The Truth About the West Bank'.

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The UN's hostile obsession with Israel

“The UN's hostile obsession with Israel”

"This September two important events, both dangerous to Israel, will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.'.

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ISRAEL INSIDE

How A Small Nation Makes A Big Difference

Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference is a new feature-length documentary that explores the positive characteristics of Israeli society from a humanistic, psychological, and emotional perspective. This insightful and uplifting documentary sidesteps the usual conversation of politics, conflict and violence, and tells the story of the Israeli people – whose resilience has propelled Israel to the forefront of world innovation and progress.

Despite daily challenges ranging from limited resources to security needs, Israeli creativity and inventiveness help make the world a better place. Israel has made significant advancements in the fields of science, environment, medicine and technology, and has shared these developments with the rest of the world.

How did this happen? What underlying growth factors have given rise to this small nation’s triumph over adversity?

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David Ben-Gurion

Biography of David Ben Gurion
David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973)  was born David Gruen in Plonsk, Poland in 1886. He learned Hebrew in a school run by his father. As a youth, Ben-Gurion led a Zionist youth group, "Ezra."  At the age of 18 he moved to Warsaw, taught in a Jewish school there and joined the  Poalei Tziyon (Workers of Zion) Socialist-Zionist movement.David Ben Gurion

Ben-Gurion arrived in Palestine in 1906. He helped to found the first agricultural workers' commune in Sejera that was to become kvutzath Degania,  and he helped establish the "Hashomer” (The Watchman) defense organization.
Zionism - David Ben Gurion, First Prime Minister of Israel

When World War I broke out, Ben-Gurion, a Russian national, was considered an enemy alien and  was deported by the Ottoman authorities.  Ben-Gurion traveled  to New York on behalf of the Socialist-Zionist cause. In the US, he met and married Paula Monbesz, a fellow Poalei Zion activist. He returned to Palestine and joined the Jewish Legion, created as a unit of  the British Army on the initiative of Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky.

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