Ben-Gurion, “Two basic aspirations underlie all our work in this country: to be like all other nations, and to be different from all the nations. These two aspirations are apparently contradictory, but in fact they are complementary and interde- pendent. We want to be a free people, independent and equal in rights in the family of nations, and we aspire to be different from all other nations in our spiritual elevation and in the character of our model society, founded on free-
dom, cooperation, and fraternity with all Jews and the whole human race..”
Well it is unique. Occupation, Illegal Settlements, Apartheid and a Sixteen Year Blockade! Not sure how that fulfils his desire?