Word: gurion
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...words still seemed to carry the old, sibilant indignation of the ancient lion. Liberia's President William Tubman cabled: "The urn of grief has been opened and is being filled with the tears of friends the world over." Israel's David Ben-Gurion only asked...
...black African nations. Dramatizing its case against Morocco's supposedly "feudal" and "imperialist" regime, Algeria broadcast a parody of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, with Hassan in the title role and a supporting cast of Uncle Sam, King Farouk and David Ben-Gurion...
...Project. The governmental transition might have been uneventful except that, sure enough, Ben-Gurion suddenly withdrew his resignation from the Knesset, on condition that he would only attend parliamentary sessions if he felt like it. Neither Eshkol nor the opposition politicians were too happy about Ben-Gurion's keeping his foot in the door. Now, should Eshkol falter or a crisis threaten, Ben-Gurion might charge back into office to save the country from alleged disaster...
Meanwhile, Ben-Gurion plans to live at the Sde Boker kibbutz in the bleak Negev desert and turn out books on everything from Jewish history to his own autobiography. He hopes also to further his pet project: the "cultural absorption" of Jewish immigrants from Asia and North Africa into Israel's predominantly Western society. Ben-Gurion argues that unless the Oriental Jews are educated faster, Israel may turn into a typically "indolent" Levantine state within ten years...
...Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon was forced from office in 1955 on allegations that he disastrously bungled an Israeli espionage operation abroad, presumably in Egypt. Lavon pleaded that he had been framed by highly placed political enemies. He was finally cleared two years ago by the Israeli Cabinet, over Ben-Gurion's violent objections...