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Therefore, it is no wonder that all sides felt the constant pressure. The Knesset Members and their aides remembered the comfortable conditions they enjoyed in Tel Aviv and many of them complained about the crowdedness of the Jerusalem building. Their conclusion was that they must hurry and find a more suitable location for the Knesset. After deliberations and searches, the Frumin building on King George Street, right in the center of Jerusalem, was selected. Within one month, the building was prepared for its role and every announcement and declaration at the time noted and emphasized that these were temporary quarters.
On March 12, 1950, the Knesset bade farewell to the National Institutions Building, which had hosted it for the second time. It convened on the following day at Frumin House. Employees of the National Institutions Building breathed a sigh of relief and got most of their rooms back. Not all of them, as the Prime Minister's office situated itself in some of them, particularly in the new west wing, the one facing Ibn Gabirol Street in Rehavia. According to the plan, this was supposed to be for a limited time period of a few years. In practice, the Prime Minister's office resided in the National Institutions Building for about 12 and half years, until the summer of 1962.
"Lift your eyes forward, Jerusalem! And look at the joy God has given to you, here you sons cometh" ...And the Knesset returns to the capital – Shall reside henceforth in Jerusalem headline in "Maariv", February 15, 1949
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