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Ben-Gurion

(bɛnˈɡʊərɪən)
n
(Biography) David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
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Ben-Gu•rion

(bɛnˈgʊər i ən, ˌbɛn gʊərˈyɔn)

n.
David, 1886–1973, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister of Israel 1948–53, 1955–63.
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He thus surpassed the previous record-holder, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister and the country's founding father.
Before 1948, David Ben-Gurion used to joke about Zionism's future: How will we know when we have become a real country like the rest of the world?
After months of investigation, the police arrested six members of a ring that bypassed Ben-Gurion airport security to bring hundreds of foreigners into Israel illegally.
There is no better way to set the scene for a review of this book than with a synopsis of its final chapter (coauthored with Michael Feige), an evocative and illuminating interpretive depiction of David Ben-Gurion's December 1973 funeral.
The train will cut travel time between Ben-Gurion Airport and a new, 80-meter-(260-foot)-deep underground terminal at the entrance to Jerusalem to around 20 minutes.
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Salvaging the Jewish army thus fell to Ben-Gurion, who spearheaded the Labor Zionist movement on the ground in Palestine and once fought in Jabotinsky's Jewish Legion.
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