The Kibbutz Sden Boker, where former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion lives as a member of the collective settlement, is opposed to the establishment of a West German-Israeli “Friendship Center” there, the secretary of the kibbutz announced today.
He confirmed a report printed in the Hamburg illustrated newspaper, Der Spiegel, which had stated that Mr. Ben-Gurion supported the idea of such a cultural center in Sden Boker, to have been constructed by a German Protestant youth group. According to the Kibbutz secretary, however, the collective had earlier adopted a resolution opposing the presence there of any German group. “Unless this resolution is reversed, “he stated, “there is no place there for further discussion of the project.”
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