Ninth government of Israel

{{Short description|1959–61 government led by David Ben-Gurion}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

|cabinet_name = Seventh Ben-Gurion Cabinet

|cabinet_number = 9th

|jurisdiction = Israel

|flag = Flag of Israel.svg

|flag_border = true

|date_formed = {{Start date|1959|12|17|df=y}}

|date_dissolved = {{End date|1961|11|02|df=y}}

|government_head = David Ben-Gurion

|state_head = Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

|image = Ben Gurion 1959.jpg

|legislature_status = coalition

|political_parties = Mapai
Mapam
Ahdut HaAvoda
National Religious Party
Progressive Party
Religious Torah Front
Agriculture and Development
Progress and Development
Cooperation and Brotherhood

|previous = 8th cabinet of Israel

|successor = 10th cabinet of Israel

|legislature_term = 4th Knesset

|election = 1959 Israeli legislative election

|opposition_leader = Menachem Begin

}}

The ninth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 17 December 1959 following the November 1959 elections. Ben-Gurion largely kept the same coalition partners as during the previous government (i.e. Mapai, the National Religious Party, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, the Progressive Party and Agriculture and Development), and added the new Israeli Arab parties Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood.

The government collapsed when Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 January 1961, over a motion of no-confidence brought by Herut and the General Zionists following the publication of the findings of the Committee of Seven concerning the Lavon Affair. At the end of February Ben-Gurion informed President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi that he could not form a new government,[http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline5b.html#1 1961 timeline] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203153826/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline5b.html |date=2008-12-03 }} Jewish Agency for Israel and new elections were called after the Knesset was dissolved in March.