Historical figures & Organisations

Question 1

Golda Meir

Answer 1

First and only female PM of Israel 1969-1974

Question 2

David Ben Gurion

Answer 2

First PM of Israel
The one who declared its independence in 1948 and had a significant role in the state’s formative years

Question 3

Theodor Herzl

Answer 3

An Austrian Jew grew up in Hungary. After living with antisemitism, he understood the need of a Jewish homeland and founded in 1896 the Zionist movement that we know today, encouraging Jewish immigration to Palestine with the aim of establish a Jewish state in the ancestral land.
Famous quote: “if you will it, it is no dream”.
Meaning if there is a will there is a way

Question 4

Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Answer 4

Considered the father of modern Hebrew. Insisting the Jews should speak the language of their ancestors and managed to revive the language from near extinction

Question 5

What is Haganah, Etzel and Palmach?

Answer 5

Names of underground Jewish resistance fighters, who carried out attacks on the British army and Arabs in Palestine.
They later became the foundation of the IDF, borrowing the name “haganah” meaning defense as part of the name for Israeli defense forces