david ben gurion was david green. c-span: and he was from where, originally? >> guest: from the ukraine, from eastern europe. c-span: where was yitzhak rabin from? was he a sabra? >> guest: rabin was a sabra. he was a native-born israeli. he was the first native-born israeli c-span: ariel sharon -- where was he from? >> guest: ariel sharon is from russia originally. he still speaks russian. c-span: and moshe dayan? >> guest: did you know that ariel sharon speaks russian? not great russian, but passable russian. c-span: and moshe dayan was from where? >> guest: moshe dayan was born in nahalal in (unintelligible) c-span: what about shimon peres? >> guest: shimon peres is from poland. still has a polish accent on his hebrew that is often the butt of humor in israel. c-span: what was his original name? >> guest: persky. (laughter) >> guest: it's a good thing i remember these things, as a good israeli should. c-span: yeah, you're doing good here. ok, some of the -- we're leading up to 1967. >> guest: yeah. c-span: by the way, did israel win '56? >> guest: israel wo