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January 1, 1979Journal of Palestine Studies

“Making the Desert Bloom” A Myth Examined

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The country [Palestine] was mostly an empty desert, with only a few islands of Arab settlement; and Israel's cultivable land today was indeed redeemed from swamp and wilderness. Shimon Peres. (a former Israeli Minister of Information)1 It was only after the Zionists made the desert bloom that they [the Palestinians] became interested in taking it from us. Levi Eshkol (a former Prime Minister of Israel)2

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A. D. George (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aaa04d204e0d8bfdda4dde6 https://doi.org/10.2307/2536511

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