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BEN-GURION UNDERSTOOD THAT TIME was not on his side. He had mobilized half of Israel’s able-bodied male population and some of the women, and the conflict clearly could not go on endlessly. Yet there were still Syrian, Egyptian, and Jordanian forces in pockets of the land originally assigned to Israel under the partition plan, and Ben-Gurion wanted
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the presence of leaders and commanders of the Haganah. Suddenly, a currier arrived on a motorcycle with a message from Ben-Gurion, who ordered them to cancel the operation in order not to provoke the British government on the eve of their departure from Palestine (113). From 1947 to 1948, Uzi Sharon improved his “Sharks” with the help of HEMED
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One of the main forces behind Israeli aid is the NGO IsraAID.
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Netanyahu did follow through on Israel’s commitment (as stipulated in the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement, also known as Oslo II) to redeploy from Hebron, then the last West Bank city under Israeli control. Under American pressure, Netanyahu also later signed the 1998 Wye River Memorandum, designed to resume implementation of the stalled
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David Ben-Gurion was informed of this effort, gave his blessing to its activities, and suggested that their scope be broadened. In October 1947, a Scientific Department was established by the Haganah, and five months later, prior to Israel’s declaration of independence, the chief of staff of the Haganah gave an official order to establish a Science
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