David ben gurian/biography

David Yosef Gruen was born in Plonsk, Poland , on October 16, , and educated in a Hebrew school established by his father, an ardent Zionist. In , David Green became a member of the editorial board of the party newspaper Ha-achdut. He signed his first article with his new name, Ben-Gurion, taken from one of the Jewish generals who led the revolt against the Romans in the time of Bar Kochba.

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In , he went to Constantinople , where he began to study law. His speeches around the country enhanced his political standing in the Diaspora and allowed him to meet influential American Jewish leaders. A land is not acquired without tribulations of work and creativity, without the effort of building and settlement. The Hebrew nation itself must change this right to a living and existing fact.

In , Ben-Gurion participated in the founding of the Ahdut ha-Avodah Party and was elected as its leader. He was also a founder of the national trade union, the Histadrut , and was its secretary-general from until Ben-Gurion opposed declaring statehood until it was possible to ensure its acceptance and survival. In , he supported the Peel Commission partition plan, which would have created a Jewish state in a small part of Palestine because he believed it would be a stepping stone to achieving the Zionist goal.