A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Golda Meir went from being a schoolteacher in Wisconsin to the first female Prime Minister of Israel. Before Israel's independence, she was a key member of the Jewish leadership who negotiated the release of Holocaust orphans from British detention camps, held secret negotiations with Jordan's King Abdullah and raised $50 million to buy weapons for the Israeli army.
The Hope
A new series hosted by Gordon Robertson tells the story of the creation of the State of Israel, and examines a time period from early Jewish settlers of the 19th century to the Israeli declaration of statehood in 1948.