David Ben-Gurion

(, born David Grün on 16 October 1886, dee'd 1 December 1973) wis the first Prime Meenister o Israel an a Zionist leader. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, whilk began early in life, culminatit in his instrumental role in the foondin o the state o Israel. Efter leadin Israel tae victory in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Ben-Gurion helpit big the state institutions an owersaw the absorption o vast nummers o Jews frae aw ower the warld. Upon reteerin frae poleetical life in 1970, he flittit tae Sde Boker, a kibbutz in the Negev desert, whaur he bidit till his daith. Posthumously, Ben-Gurion wis named ane o Time Magazine's 100 Maist Important Fowk o the 20t Century.

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