Two images of the handwritten diary of David Ben-Gurion from the evening of May 14, 1948 — the day the State of Israel’s establishment was proclaimed — were released Monday ahead of Israel ...

David Ben-Gurion’s teachings focused on one of the most prevalent words in the Jewish lexicon ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks: resilience.

David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and longest-serving one until Benjamin Netanyahu eclipsed his record, is the subject of Yariv Mozer’s reverent documentary, Memories of Ben ...

David Ben-Gurion, 79, has been of two minds about Levi Eshkol, 70. First, he named him heir to Israel and the Mapai Party. Then, two years later, he proclaimed Eshkol “unfit to govern,” and ...

On this day in 1949, the newly established State of Israel held its first elections, in which David Ben-Gurion's political party, Mapai, won, making Ben-Gurion the first-ever Israeli prime minister.