Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Sharon was a commander in the Israeli…
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Haim Arlosoroff was a Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine, prior to the establishment of Israel, and head of the Political Department of the Jewish…
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Ehud Barak is former IDF Chief of Staff and politician who served as Israel’s tenth Prime Minister. One of Israel’s most decorated soldiers Barak was a part of every major…
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On this day in 1949, the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion was inaugurated. For the first time since 160 BC, the Jewish people had a head of state…
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An officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the biblical Holy Land and particularly of the Temple Mount. Warren also made the…
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One of Israel’s most famous statesmen, Abba Eban was born in South Africa but moved to the UK as a child. He was heavily involved in Zionist activities before WWII,…
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An important thoroughfare once used by pilgrims going up to the Temple in Jerusalem was found on this day in 2019. Parts of the Pilgrim Road have been uncovered in…
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This day in 2018, archaeologists unearthed a clay seal mark that may bear the signature of the prophet Isaiah. The 2,700 year-old clay artifact was found during an excavation at…
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Considered the father of Modern Hebrew, he was the driving spirit behind the revival of Hebrew as a living language after 2,000 years of being relegated to only religious use.
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Kathleen Kenyon was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called…