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There were allegations that Israeli soldiers had raped Palestinian women. Ben-Gurion referred to them in his diary entry for 15 July 1948: "The bitter question has arisen regarding acts of robbery and rape [o'nes ("אונס")] in the conquered towns ...", Ben-Gurion then proceeds to write of the need to establish a special police force with ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. David Ben-Gurion דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן Ben-Gurion in 1960 1st Prime Minister of Israel In office 3 November 1955 – 26 June 1963 President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Zalman Shazar Preceded by Moshe Sharett Succeeded by Levi Eshkol In office 17 May 1948 – 7 December 1953 ...
The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when Zionist paramilitaries attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, then part of Mandatory Palestine, killing at least 107 Palestinian Arab villagers, including women and children. [1] The attack was conducted primarily by the Irgun and Lehi, who were supported by the Haganah and ...
Ben-Gurion, quoting General Avner, briefly referred in his war diary to the 'rumours' that the army had 'slaughtered 70–80 persons.' One version of what happened was provided by an Israeli soldier to a Mapam member, who transmitted the information to Eliezer Peri , the editor of the party daily Al HaMishmar and a member of the party's ...
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of David Ben-Gurion" ... A Woman Called Golda This page was last edited on 13 November 2024, at 18:24 (UTC). ...
Nixon ultimately supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, a key moment that may have saved the country. “Most historians of that region think that the US munitions support was ...
Ben-Gurion reinforced it on 7 December, protecting it with a Palmach division, but on 8 January, he authorized the evacuation of the women and children of the settlements. After 26 March, the last date on which a supply convoy successfully reached it, despite heavy losses of life, the defenders were completely isolated.
In the final months of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Israel gave orders to expand the biological warfare campaign into neighboring Arab states such as Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, but they were not carried out. Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion and IDF chief of general staff Yigael Yadin oversaw and approved the use of biological warfare. [1 ...