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The Negev Desert and Eilat: Israel's Southern Frontier
The Negev — Israel's vast southern desert — holds Ben-Gurion's dream of 'making the desert bloom,' the Ramon Crater, Bedouin communities, desert agriculture, solar energy innovation, and the resort city of Eilat on the Red Sea.
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David Ben-Gurion: The Man Who Declared a State
When the British left Palestine in May 1948, everyone told David Ben-Gurion not to declare a state — the Arab armies would invade, the Jews would be destroyed. He declared it anyway. It was the most consequential gamble in modern Jewish history.
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Israel's Declaration of Independence: May 14, 1948
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel, fulfilling a two-thousand-year dream and launching a new chapter in Jewish history.
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