The Start-Up Laundry: The Ayalon Institute and the Kibbutz Laundry Room that Created the State of Israel

Israel has become known internationally as the ‘start-up nation’ – one of the most successful international hi-tech hubs. The Ayalon Institute – just outside of Rehovot – may have possessed the world’s only start-up laundry – an underground factory designed to produce the crucial bullets needed by the pre-state and early Israel to fight the 1948 War of Independence. How do you keep such an operation a secret? How did the Ayalon Institute reflect something about the ethos of pre-state Israel? And does some of that same ethos survive today?

Links for Additional Reading

The Ayalon Institute: The Secret Facility Hidden Under a Kibbutz Laundry

Why Did American Jews Smuggle Guns Into Palestine?

Israel’s Defense Industries: From Clandestine Workshops to Global Giants

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