Begin: The Haunted ProphetTraces Begin's life from its beginning in the East European ghetto to the office of Israel's Prime Minister. |
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Page 120
... Ben - Gurion stayed in his place . The duel of insults reached its peak , or perhaps its nadir , with a rancid , belated debate on the Altalena affair in January 1959 . Ben - Gurion accused Begin of sitting out the War of Independence ...
... Ben - Gurion stayed in his place . The duel of insults reached its peak , or perhaps its nadir , with a rancid , belated debate on the Altalena affair in January 1959 . Ben - Gurion accused Begin of sitting out the War of Independence ...
Page 127
... Ben - Gurion had retired to Sdeh Boker , his kibbutz in the Negev desert . His successor , Levi Eshkol , was notoriously indecisive . For all his wiles as a party politician , the new Prime Minister had no military background . Like Ben - ...
... Ben - Gurion had retired to Sdeh Boker , his kibbutz in the Negev desert . His successor , Levi Eshkol , was notoriously indecisive . For all his wiles as a party politician , the new Prime Minister had no military background . Like Ben - ...
Page 263
... Ben - Gurion , page 171 . 9 M. Bar - Zohar , pages 171-2 , the main source for this account of the Cabinet deliberations and Ben - Gurion's orders . See also Ben - Gurion's reconstruction in the Knesset , 7 January 1959 . 10 Quoted in U ...
... Ben - Gurion , page 171 . 9 M. Bar - Zohar , pages 171-2 , the main source for this account of the Cabinet deliberations and Ben - Gurion's orders . See also Ben - Gurion's reconstruction in the Knesset , 7 January 1959 . 10 Quoted in U ...
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Born unto Zion | 1 |
At the Feet of the Master | 10 |
Flight and Arrest | 21 |
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