BenGurion died Saturday at the age of 87. the State of Israel lost a great and dedicated leader whose name forever will be identified with the creation of that nation. the world lost an elder statesman of penetrating insight. Mr. President. David BenGurion. born in Russian Poland. emigrated to what was then Palestine at the age of 20. From that time on. all of his energies were dedicated to restoring that land to its historical place as the Jewish homeland. By the time World War II ended in 1945 he could say to the survivors of Hitlers extermination camps: We have been working to build up our land. so that you may come there to live as decent human beings again among your own people and where you will not fear again.
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