Not a surprise. Ben-Gurion was an atheist who admired Lenin. His biographer said he thought Trotsky was smarter, but he liked that Lenin would not hesitate to take decisive action.
He was really kind of an all around prick. I suspect that is why Ike and JFK were not great big fans of Israel back then.
Israel was a 3rd World Country before Lukid. Imagine a Xountry full of Jews as a 3rd world Country! ONLY Socalism could do that. The Lefrt also LOVED Israel back then.