[Ajnin]

Israel is able to bring more food out of a desert environment than any other country in the world

I might have to contest this one. I don't know how much food Israel gets out of the desert, but I do know that the Imperial Valley in California provides the entire world with lettuce. Of course it wouldn't get picked without an ample supply of lettuce pickers from Mexico.

[Eaker]

I buy Texas lettuce in Texas........(picked by Mexicans).......hmmmm.......I had a point somewhere!!!

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Stay safe; stay armed. Stop illegal immigration.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Israel is a socialist basketcase. If it weren't being artificially propped up by billions in foreign aid and other outside sources of income, it would have collapsed years ago. Sure, if you invest outrageously large sums of money on modern equipment, and steal water from the Arabs, you can "make the dessert bloom", something the Arabs couldn't do.

But then, a) the Arabs are living in a desert, b) the Arabs don't have access to billions in foreign money which they can waste on inefficient, water-wasteful modern farming techniques. Pull the plug on the Israeli gravy train, and force them to live on solely their own resources and efforts, and we will quickly see there is nothing "miraculous" about the state of Israel.

It is a parasite and a socialist sparta; Israel needs to do a little soul-searching and reform before it moves to take more land that doesn't belong to it. If Israel had to pay the bill for its own aggression, or its own economic "experiments", it would rapidly reform itself. As long as we continue to pay for its existence, it has no incentive to do so.

[DBtoo]

They grow very good suger-snap beans in Israel. They are sold all over Europe, or at least they were a few years ago. Israel seems to grow lots of produce.