The house of Ben-Gurion airport is a small but very important for Israel, the house-Museum. Here lived and worked one of the greatest politicians of the twentieth 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. A student was a socialist, after the defeat of the 1905 revolution, he emigrated to Palestine. Worked on harvesting oranges, studied law. During the First world tried to create a Jewish militia in help of the Ottoman Empire, and later, when Britain expressed support for plans to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, he joined the British army.

Young politician quickly became the star of the national movement. In 1935 he was elected head of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Agency in international organizations, directing the flows of immigrants to Palestine. Ben-Gurion encouraged immigrants to settle in the Negev desert: there they are, without affecting the interests of the Arab population, shows how hard work turns the desert into a blooming garden. Politician and he's bought a house in a kibbutz in the Central Negev.

But the principal dwelling of David and Floors Ben-Gurion became the family home, built in installments over 350 Palestinian pounds in tel Aviv. Here 13 may 1948 Ben-Gurion and other leaders adopted the Declaration of independence of Israel. Policy went from here to the house of the mayor of tel Aviv, to solemnly proclaim there the creation of a new country. Urgently reprinted the document sent there on a ride. On the road the car was stopped for speeding, but not having the rights of the driver was released, when he stated that the police detain the creation of a new state.

The house has two floors, on the ground floor - 's daughter's room, bedroom, kitchen. During the Suez crisis 1956 of the room connected by communication lines with staff, there is the operational headquarters of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion. Four rooms on the second floor is occupied by the library of the house. Personal collection of books Ben-Gurion had more than twenty thousand volumes on ancient Greek, Latin, English, French, Russian and other languages. They are mainly devoted to the history, culture, religion. One of the premises of the library became a private office – here Ben-Gurion led their diaries. There were here and a special telephone for direct communication with the Ministry of defence.

The founding father of Israel died in 1973. Dwelling he bequeathed to the state. Boulevard, on which the house stands was renamed the Boulevard Ben-Gurion. In the very same house, everything remained as it was during the life of a great politician. In the living room by the fireplace, he took the world leaders, in the kitchen washing dishes. Here's a simple wooden table – there is a Floor supported forces husband a special dish made with yogurt, apples and raspberries. Ben-Gurion dish didn't like it, but the wife he obeyed.

Housing is modest, its only luxury – books. If not a plaque, tourists in General it would be difficult to understand that this small, unobtrusive house is the shelter of one of those people that have reshaped the world.