David Ben-Gurion | Portside

March 15, 2026

Historical Clues Indicate: Germany Secretly Funded Israel’s Nuclear Program

Uri Bar-Joseph Haaretz

For 12 years, via completely secret channels, the German chancellor funneled the equivalent of 20 billion shekels to Israel. The goal: to fund its Dimona nuclear reactor and secure the country's future.

April 9, 2023

Why Israeli Efforts To Write a Constitution Always Fail

Dahlia Scheindlin +972 Magazine

Resurrected by the protest movement, the idea of a constitution has been pursued throughout Israel's history. But opposition to equality foils its fruition.

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October 24, 2019

We Are Conquerors: Biographing Ben-Gurion

Adam Shatz London Review of Books

A bio of Israel's first prime minister by a leading Israeli journalist views Ben Gurion as not only a committed Zionist but an early advocate of "Greater Israel" and, like those succeeding him, a steadfast enemy of rapprochement with Palestinians.

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