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More than half of Israel's land area is desert. It's quite hard to develop a nation in the desert.
by dagav 6y ago
More than half of Israel's land area is desert. It's quite hard to develop a nation in the desert.
- SuperCuber 6y agoYep. Population density map: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/maps/israel_pop.jpg https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/maps/isr... almost all the population lives near the sea.
- rowanseymour 6y agoIt's also part of mythology of Israel that it was built on an empty wasteland, and not on the ashes of Palestinian villages and farms.
- dagav 6y agoI'd like to propose a new law of the internet: Anti-Zionists cannot see a post about Israel without making a comment about the Palestinians. Weren't we talking about land area?
- rowanseymour 6y agoThat's because you see my comment as ideological but It's quite hard to develop a nation in the desert as not.
- dagav 6y agoIt is an objective fact that 55% of the land area of the State of Israel is the Negev desert.
- 0x49fa98 6y agoand where do most Israelis live? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel#Density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel#Density
- dagav 6y agoPopulation centers are only one concern when you are building a nation. For example, where do you grow your food?
- 0x49fa98 6y agook, lets see what the Israeli government says https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Maps/Pages/Israeli-Agriculture.aspx https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Maps/Pages/Israeli-Agricu... looks like the country being 55% desert factoid is irrelevant
- dagav 6y agoI said it was hard to develop a nation in the desert, I didn't say it was impossible. Israel is a world leader in agricultural technology [1] precisely because of this problem. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel
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