David Ben Gurion & His Desert Home – Kibbutz Sde BokerDavid Ben Gurion was quite a guy to say the least. He was an Israeli leader and the first prime minister of the newborn country. 
Here is a picture of Ben Gurion I found. Picture from the Knesset (Israeli parliament) website. Ben Gurion was a visionary who believed that the Israeli desert should bloom and prosper. To achieve that Ben Gurion promoted the idea of settling Jews in the Negev – the Israeli desert – which he himself did as a personal example. He chose kibbutz Sde Boker as his home and lived there between the years 1953-1973, part of that time as the Prime Minister of Israel. He was buried there too. Ben Gurion was a modest person like most all Israeli leaders of that era and as such lived in a small wooden house known in Hebrew as “Tzrif”. 
The view from Sde Boker. Picture by Infinitely-Digital. The kibbutz itself is nothing fancy and you can find a lot more interesting attractions in Israel. However if you like the desert and you wanted to visit a kibbutz then Sde Boker is a good choice – especially if you are heading to Eilat. Return from David Ben Gurion - Sde Boker to the Israeli Desert page Return to the Home Page
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