1886. David Ben-Gurion was born

130 years ago, on October 16, 1886, David Ben-Gurion, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement and the creators of modern Israel, became the first prime minister of this state in 1948. In 1934, he stated: “Hitlerism is fighting not only against the Jews of Germany, but against the Jews around the world ... The Nazi regime will not extend for a long time without wars. Wars against France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Council of Russia ... What power will we have in Palestine at that terrible hour when this disaster will be broken in? Who knows? It is only four to five years old.