House Ben-Gurion - a small, but very important for Israel's house-museum. Here he lived and worked one of the greatest politicians of the XX century, the founding father and first prime minister of the Jewish state.

David Ben-Gurion was born in 1886 in Poland, which was then part of the Russian empire. The student body was a socialist, after the defeat of the revolution of 1905 he emigrated to Palestine. Worked harvesting oranges, studied law. During the First World Jewish police tried to form to help the Ottoman Empire, and later, when Britain announced its support for plans to create a Jewish state in Palestine, joined the British army.

Young policies quickly became a star of the national movement. In 1935 he was elected head of the executive committee of the Jewish Agency - an international organization, directs the flow of immigrants to Palestine. Ben-Gurion called for immigrants to settle in the Negev desert: there they are, without affecting the interests of the Arab population, will show how hard work turns the desert into a blooming garden. The politician and he bought a house on a kibbutz in the heart of the Negev.

But the main dwelling of David and Paula Ben-Gurion became family house, built in installments of 350 Palestinian pounds in Tel Aviv. It is here May 13, 1948, Ben-Gurion and other leaders adopted the Declaration of Independence of Israel. Politicians have gone from here to the house of the mayor of Tel Aviv, to solemnly proclaim the establishment of a new country there. Urgent reprinted the document was sent to the same ride to. On the road the car stopped for speeding, but not having the right driver was released when he said that the police detain the new state.

The house is on the first floor - playroom daughter, bedroom, kitchen. During the 1956 Suez Crisis room connected lines due to the General Staff, here is the operational headquarters of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion. Four rooms on the second floor of the library occupies the house owner. Private collection of books of Ben-Gurion had more than twenty thousand volumes in Greek, Latin, English, French, Russian and other languages. They are mostly devoted to the history, culture, religion. One of the premises of the library was a private office - then Ben-Gurion led his diaries. There was here and a special phone to contact the Ministry of Defence.

The founding father of Israel passed away in 1973. Dwelling he bequeathed his state. Boulevard, on which stands the house, renamed Ben Gurion Boulevard. In the same house all remained as it was during the life of the great politician. In the living room by the fireplace, he took the world leaders, in the kitchen washing dishes. Here is a simple wooden table - here Paul forces supported her husband a special dish of yogurt, apples and raspberries. Ben Gurion did not like the dish, but he listened to his wife.

Housing modestly furnished, his only luxury - book. If not for a memorial plaque to the tourist in general would be difficult to understand that this small house does not stand out - resting one of those people that have changed the face of the world.