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After the establishment of the State, the first meetings of the Knesset were held in
the National Institutes Building. Chaim Weitzman was sworn in as Israel's first
President there. For a long time the office of the Prime Minister of Israel was there.
Every morning Ben Gurion would walk from his home at 46 Ben Maimon Street to
the National Institutes Building. Sometimes he would walk home for lunch. He
was accompanied by a guard who Ben Gurion would try to get rid of so he could
involve himself in more important activities.
The building still serves as the main offices of the Zionist Federation, Keren
Kayemet, and Keren Hayesod.
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