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6 unusual facts about Sde Boker


Fourth government of Israel

The government fell when Ben-Gurion resigned on 6 December 1953 as he wished to settle in the Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker.

Israeli legislative election, 1951

Ben-Gurion resigned on 6 December 1953 as he wished to settle in the Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker.

Marva

Beginning in 1982, Marva operated out of a base in the Galilee, although it now is based at Sde Boker.

Sde Boker

Ben-Gurion moved to the kibbutz due to his vision of cultivating the arid Negev desert and building up its surrounding towns such as Yeruham and Dimona.

Yehoshua Cohen

After the assassination, Cohen was one of the founders of the Sde Boker kibbutz, established in 1952.

Cohen was never charged for his role in the assassination, and was one of the founders of the Sde Boker kibbutz in the Negev Desert, where David Ben-Gurion later lived.



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