Reference

Biography

Photographs

Select Quotations

From Ben-Gurion to Netanyahu: The Evolution of Israel’s National Security Strategy

Ben-Gurion Informs Cabinet of Eichmann’s Capture (May 23, 1960)

Major Speeches

To Knesset on Results of Withdrawal from Sinai (March 1957)

To Knesset on Controversy with US and UN on Peace Terms (February 1957)

To the UN Demanding Security Guarantees in the Suez Canal (January 1957)

To Knesset Reviewing Events of Sinai Campaign (November 1956)

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on Moving the Capital of Israel to Jerusalem (December 5, 1949)

To Knesset Proposing Parliament Move to Jerusalem (December 13, 1949)

Broadcast to Nation After Arab Invasion of Israel (May 1948)

Other Primary Source Materials

David Ben-Gurion's Funeral (December 1973)

Letter To French President de Gaulle on Criticism of Israel (December 1967)

Notes from the Prime Minister of Israel to Presidents and Prime Ministers following the establishment of the Arab Federation (May 5, 1963)

Statement to the Knesset Regarding the Tripartite Arab Pact (May 6, 1963)

Message to US President Kennedy Regarding UAR Threats to "Liberate Palestine" (April 1963)

Meeting with US President Kennedy on Palestinian Refugee Issue (January 1963)

Statement to the Knesset on the Situation along the Israel-Syria Frontier (April 1962)

Disagreeing with US Position on Arab Refugees in Gaza (June 1961)

Meeting with US President Kennedy Regarding Dimona Plant (May 1961)

Exchange with US President Eisenhower Over Egyptian Forces in Gaza (March 1957)

Statement to the Knesset Regarding Egypt's Claim Over Gaza (March 1957)

Letter to US President Eisenhower Pledging Cooperation in Peace Arrangements (March 1957)

Statement to the Knesset (February 1957)

Statement to the Knesset Regarding Egypt, Gaza and the UN's Lack of Action (January 1957)

Israel appeals to France, letter from Prime Minister Ben-Gurion to Prime Minister Guy Mollet (April 1956)

Letter to US President Eisenhower Regarding Withdrawal from Sinai (November 1956)

Letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin Outlining Causes of Sinai Conflict (November 1956)

Letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin Regarding Threat Against Israel (November 1956)

Statement to the Knesset Regarding Future Israel-Egypt Relations (November 1956)

Israel welcomes the Egyptian revolution, statement to the Knesset (August 1952)

Clarification of Relations Between Israeli and American Jewry (October 1951)

Memorandum On Establishing the Mossad (December 1949)

Statement to the Knesset on Moving the Knesset to Jerusalem (December 1949)

Statement to the Knesset on the Establishment of an International Regime for Jerusalem (December 1949)

"Let us not Glory" (January 1949)

Report to the Provisional Government on the Military and Political Situation (June 1948)

Broadcast to the Nation (May 1948)

Statement to the Elected Assembly of Palestine Jewry (October 1947)

Prime Ministers of Israel: David Ben-Gurion