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Chaim Weizmann, the leader, died back in 1946, when he lost control of the world Zionist organization to the activists led by David Ben-Gurion. He had always opposed violence as a betrayal of the Jewish ethic, but Israel, perhaps necessarily, was born with war as the midwife. Weizmann was brushed aside and became a figurehead, enshrined, for past services, in a beautiful home in Rehovoth, surrounded by delicate Ming porcelains and modern French paintings...
Most Jewish religious agencies in the U.S. are enthusiastically friendly to Israel and Zionism. The contributions of American Jews have furnished substantial financial support for Premier David Ben-Gurion's Israel government. The Israeli flag is prominently displayed in the religious schools of some Jewish congregations. The modern Palestine pronunciation of the ancient Hebrew liturgy is encouraged, and children often sing the Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, before beginning their Sunday school classes...
...which has six times the population. It had, reputedly, the toughest army in the Middle East. Smartly outfitted Israeli WACs (Chens) and soldiers paraded past the reviewing stand in Tel Aviv and snapped salutes to Israel's triumvirate: stocky Acting President Joseph Sprinzak, shockheaded Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, and 35-year-old Yigal Yadin, army chief of staff. In their wake rattled 42 U.S.-built Sherman tanks and 60 British-built half-tracks, while overhead flew three Flying Fortresses and squadrons of Spitfires, Mosquitos and Da-iotas. (Only four years ago, Jerusalem's one mortar had been...
...week's end in Israel's holy land, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declared a state of emergency to last as long as the windows of heaven were opened and the flood of waters was upon the earth...
After a tour of Israel, where his sitters included President Chaim Weizman, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, a few "men in the street," and members of the cabinet, Sculptor Jo Davidson arrived in Paris with a group of plaster busts to be cast in bronze. It was the beginning of a Davidson project to make a bronze history of the new country...