The state ceremony on Tuesday memory of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, at his Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker was different from those of previous years. For perhaps the first time, the event was held under a media blackout. The reason was concern that Hamas in Gaza would try to target the gravesite where the event was held while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and other...
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