Ben-Gurion
by Shimon Peres
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A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.
Politics and governmentPrime ministersBiographyZionistsBen-gurion, david, 1886-1973Israel, historyIsrael, politics and government