Who helped finance the permanent settlement of Petah Tikva?
Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Theodor Herzl
David Ben-Gurion
Golda Meir
Answer
Baron Edmond de Rothschild, a member of the Rothschild banking family, provided financial assistance to establish Petah Tikva as a permanent settlement in 1883.
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