{"data":{"sections":{"00":{"grid":"50-left","direction":null,"color":"dark","title":"From November 29 to Independence Day","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA short tour of the Ben-Gurion Archive\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[{"src":"https:\/\/bengurionarchive.bgu.ac.il\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/10349%20%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94%20%D7%A9%D7%9C%20%D7%91%D7%9F%20%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%91%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%AA%20%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA.jpg","height":"474","width":"708","id":"172164","hotspots":[{"text":"","left":"","top":0,"image":null}]}],"images_count":1},"01":{"grid":"50-right","direction":"ltr","color":"light","title":"November 28, Kalia, the Dead Sea","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe day before the fatal UN vote over the partition of the Land of Israel into two states \u2013 one Jewish, and one Arab \u2013 Ben-Gurion stayed at a hotel at Kibbutz Kalia, on the shore of the Dead Sea.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[{"src":"https:\/\/bengurionarchive.bgu.ac.il\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/%D7%99%D7%91%D7%92%2028.11.47.jpg","height":"514","width":"489","id":"172165","hotspots":[{"text":"","left":"","top":0,"image":null}]}],"images_count":1},"02":{"grid":"50-left","direction":"rtl","color":"dark","title":"November 29, UNGA Vote","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBen-Gurion would write in short in his pocket journal. The following is a brief description of the vote on Resolution 181 (for the partition) at the UN \u2013 in favor, against, abstaining...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnd here, Ben-Gurion had outlined everything that requires attention after the establishment of a Jewish state had been internationally sanctioned.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[{"src":"https:\/\/bengurionarchive.bgu.ac.il\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/220356%20%D7%99%D7%91%D7%92%2029.11.47%20%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA%20%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%AA.jpg","height":"689","width":"599","id":"172173","hotspots":[{"text":"","left":"","top":0,"image":null}]}],"images_count":1},"03":{"grid":"50-right","direction":"ltr","color":"light","title":"Celebrating the Historical Moment","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhile Ben-Gurion wrote in his journal in Kalia, the masses all over the country went out to the streets to celebrate this historic moment. Here, in Tel Aviv.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[{"src":"https:\/\/bengurionarchive.bgu.ac.il\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/10512%20%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%AA%20%D7%94%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%9B%D7%98%20%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A8.jpg","height":"475","width":"672","id":"172167","hotspots":[{"text":"","left":"","top":0,"image":null}]}],"images_count":1},"04":{"grid":null,"direction":null,"color":"dark","title":"The War Began","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHowever, the very next day, the 1948 War began. Five passengers were killed in an attack on an Egged bus near Petah Tikvah. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[],"images_count":1},"05":{"grid":"50-left","direction":"ltr","color":"light","title":"Operation Nachshon","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring this period, most of Ben-Gurion\u2019s attention was devoted to matters of security. Operation Nachshon was one of the most important turning points of the War. It had turned the tables \u2013 the Jewish side moved from defense to offence through a momentum of military victories. The Operation had also enabled the delivery of supplies to Jerusalem, and was a part of the strategic actions he had led. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[{"src":"https:\/\/bengurionarchive.bgu.ac.il\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/182336%20%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%AA%20%D7%91%D7%92%20%D7%A2%D7%9C%20%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%A2%20%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%2013.4.48.gif","height":"1044","width":"664","id":"172168","hotspots":[{"text":"","left":"","top":0,"image":null}]}],"images_count":1},"06":{"grid":"50-right","direction":"rtl","color":"dark","title":"May 12, Minhelet Ha\u2019am Meeting","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOn 12 May 1948, a body called \u003Cem\u003EMinhelet Ha\u2019am\u003C\/em\u003E gathered to hold a crucial discussion, in light of the conclusion of the British Mandate of Palestine. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMinhelet Ha\u2019am was founded by virtue of UN Resolution 181 and was the governing body for the Jews in pre-state Israel \u2013 a form of government. The meeting took many hours, during which representatives of the Political Department \u2013 Golda Meir and Moshe Sharett \u2013 spoke, and the heads of the security forces \u2013 Yisrael Galili and Yigael Yadin \u2013 gave their estimates. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis is page 6 of the protocol of the first part of this meeting. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis page displays the rest of Yadin\u2019s words. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFollowing are some of the most interesting things he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","image":[{"src":"https:\/\/bengurionarchive.bgu.ac.il\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/5937%20%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%AA%20%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9D%2012.5.48%20%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%20%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9F%20%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9D%20%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D.PNG","height":"845","width":"577","id":"172169","hotspots":[{"text":"","left":"","top":0,"image":null}]}],"images_count":1},"07":{"grid":"50-left","direction":"ltr","color":"light","title":"  A Version of the Declaration of Independence","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBen-Gurion faced several versions of the soon-to-be Declaration of Independence. 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