The Altalena: Israel’s (almost) civil war

Just a month after its establishment, the State of Israel was on the brink of civil war, with two of its greatest leaders — David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin — facing off in the ultimate power struggle. Noam Weissman unpacks an event that continues to reverberate through Israeli society to this day. Join him as he asks how the Zionist dream nearly imploded and who deserves the credit for ending one of the biggest crises in Israeli history.

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