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05/31/2005, 15:36:46
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Not to mention that making the desert bloom is exactly what they did. This had a positive impact on both Jews and Arabs. The Arab side is evidenced by wide spread imigration to Palestine from other Arab countries - a direct result of the impact the Jews were having on the economy and environment. Not to mention on basic liberties and freedoms.

"As the Jews came, drained the swamps and made the deserts bloom, something interesting began to happen. Arabs followed. I don't blame them. They had good reason to come. They came for jobs. They came for prosperity. They came for freedom. And they came in large numbers."

Prior the Jews arriving the land has been sparely populated, with the exception of a few cities. One of these was Jersualem which had a far larger JEwish population than Arab population.

"Winston Churchill observed in 1939: 'So far from being persecuted, the Arabs have crowded into the country and multiplied till their population has increased more than even all world Jewry could lift up the Jewish population.'"

As to what the Jews did to reclaim the desert, most of the work was carried out by JNF or funded by them. Their website provides a history:

"By 1935, JNF had planted 1.7 million trees over a total area of 1,750 acres. Throughout this period JNF continued to reclaim land and drain swamps like those in the Hula Valley. At the end of 1935, after 15 years of tireless effort, JNF held 89,500 acres of land on which stood 108 communities."

Now days Israel is still improving the environment and reclaimign desert, not just in Israel
but elsewhere as well. Israel has a lot of experience making deserts bloom and is more than willing to share that.

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