Prime Ministers of Israel: David Ben-Gurion

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)