On the dawn of May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, a short man with disheveled white hair stood behind a podium beneath a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the visionary founder of the Zionist political movement. His voice resonated throughout the hall as he declared: "We hereby proclaim the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, to be called the State of Israel." This man was David Ben-Gurion, who would forever be remembered as the founding father of Israel...
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