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The 35 pages that link to David Ben-Gurion, each with the reason it gives.

• ZionismRelated: He led the political institutions that declared and governed the state in 1948.

• Suez CrisisRelated: He authorized Israel’s invasion of Sinai as part of the coordinated operation.

• British Mandate for PalestineRelated: He led the Jewish community's political institutions as British rule ended.

• 1948 Arab–Israeli WarRelated: He led Israel’s government and directed major decisions during the war.

• Israeli Declaration of IndependenceBroader topic: As head of the provisional government, he read the declaration at the ceremony.

• Arab–Israeli conflictRelated: His leadership shaped Israel’s founding and its initial war with neighboring Arab states.

• Menachem BeginCompared with: His rivalry with Begin embodied the divide between Labor Zionism and Revisionist Zionism.

• Chaim WeizmannRelated: Ben-Gurion led the state whose creation Weizmann had long pursued, though the two differed politically.

• Benjamin NetanyahuCompared with: Ben-Gurion's state-building era offers a contrast with Netanyahu's leadership of an established state.

• Revisionist ZionismCompared with: His leadership and state-building strategy represented the dominant rival to Revisionism.

• Ariel SharonRelated: As defense minister, he helped establish the military framework in which Sharon began his career.

• HaganahRelated: Ben-Gurion’s authority over the Jewish Agency shaped Haganah’s strategic priorities and later its reorganization.

• Golda MeirRelated: As prime minister, he brought Meir into Israel’s first government as labor minister.

• KnessetRelated: As prime minister, he established early conventions in the Knesset-government relationship.

• 1948 Palestine warRelated: He declared Israel’s independence and led its government through the war.

• Labor ZionismRelated: He translated the movement's organizational strength into state-building and political leadership.

• Shimon PeresRelated: Ben-Gurion recruited Peres into defense leadership and became his political mentor.

• IrgunCompared with: Ben-Gurion ordered the confrontation that ended Irgun’s independent military command.

• Second AliyahRelated: He immigrated during this period and became a leading organizer in the labor movement.

• 1948 Palestinian exodusRelated: His leadership and wartime decisions figure prominently in scholarship on Israeli policy toward Palestinian communities.

• Israeli Labor PartyRelated: His breakaway Rafi party later joined the merger that formed Labor.

• Moshe DayanRelated: Ben-Gurion brought Dayan into national politics and appointed him chief of staff.

• Plan DaletRelated: As head of the Jewish Agency, he was central to the leadership deliberations surrounding the plan.

• Tel AvivRelated: Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israeli independence in Tel Aviv in 1948.

• Yitzhak ShamirRelated: Ben-Gurion led the state Shamir helped establish through underground activism.

• Amin al-HusseiniCompared with: His leadership of the Zionist movement placed him in direct political opposition to al-Husseini.

• Avi ShlaimRelated: Shlaim’s studies assess Ben-Gurion’s decisions during Israel’s establishment and early diplomacy.

• NegevRelated: He championed settlement and development in the Negev and lived at Sde Boker.

• Arab revolt in PalestineRelated: His leadership shaped the Jewish community’s response to the revolt and its security preparations.

• Chaim HerzogRelated: Herzog served in the military and diplomatic institutions shaped under Ben-Gurion’s leadership.

• Jewish exodus from the Muslim worldRelated: His government organized large-scale immigration from several countries of origin.

• Moshe SharettRelated: Sharett served under Ben-Gurion and succeeded him as prime minister in 1954.

• IsraelRelated: He proclaimed Israel’s independence on 14 May 1948.

• Politics of IsraelBroader topic: His state-building leadership shaped the early institutions and political conventions of Israel.

• Yitzhak HaLevi HerzogRelated: Herzog dealt with Ben-Gurion as the new state defined the place of Jewish law.