60 Years of Israel

David Ben-Gurion, one of the architects of the Israeli state, with Ariel Sharon on the Israeli front lines at the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition, 1971

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David Ben-Gurion, one of the architects of the Israeli state, with Ariel Sharon on the Israeli front lines at the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition, 1971. Sharon forced Ben-Gurion to don the beret, lest an Egyptian sniper recognized his distinctive white hair.

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