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Golda Meir Part 2: The woman Who Helped Save the Jewish State

13 min · 10. juni 2026
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In Part 2 of our series on Golda Meir, we follow her from the eve of Israel's independence to her final years as the first — and only — woman to serve as Prime Minister of the Jewish state. From a secret diplomatic mission to King Abdullah of Jordan, to a fundraising tour across America that doubled its $25 million target, to her signature on Israel's Declaration of Independence, Golda's fingerprints are everywhere in the founding story of the nation. We trace her tenure as ambassador to the Soviet Union, Minister of Labor during the great waves of post-war immigration, Foreign Minister through the Suez Crisis, and her ascent to Prime Minister in the wake of the Six-Day War — and the devastating weight she carried after the Yom Kippur War. David Ben-Gurion once said of her: “One day it will be told how one small woman saved the Jewish state.” This is that story.

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Golda Meir Part 2: The woman Who Helped Save the Jewish State

In Part 2 of our series on Golda Meir, we follow her from the eve of Israel's independence to her final years as the first — and only — woman to serve as Prime Minister of the Jewish state. From a secret diplomatic mission to King Abdullah of Jordan, to a fundraising tour across America that doubled its $25 million target, to her signature on Israel's Declaration of Independence, Golda's fingerprints are everywhere in the founding story of the nation. We trace her tenure as ambassador to the Soviet Union, Minister of Labor during the great waves of post-war immigration, Foreign Minister through the Suez Crisis, and her ascent to Prime Minister in the wake of the Six-Day War — and the devastating weight she carried after the Yom Kippur War. David Ben-Gurion once said of her: “One day it will be told how one small woman saved the Jewish state.” This is that story.

10. juni 202613 min