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David and Paula Ben Gurion’s Desert Home

At the start of 1954 David Ben Gurion announced that he would be resigning from politics and would move to  Sde Boqer. This astounded the Israeli public, not the least the young pioneers who had created the the communal farm three years previously. His immediate entourage also had one or two reservations.

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Valencia Oranges in the Negev

Our neighbour is a plant physiologist and his specialty is citrus; he travels around the world attending conferences and meeting growers. He is pretty knowledgeable.  He had a dozen Valencia orange saplings lying around his laboratory which had been used in an experiment and were designated for disposal, so he bunged them in the back of his car and brought them home.

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