re desertification of the negev in article igc apc org center for policy research cpr igc apc org writes contrary to ben gurion s assertion it must be affirmed that during the years of the british mandate over palestine and for centuries previous a productive human presence was to be found in all parts of the negev desert in the very arid hills and valleys of the southern negev as well as in the more fertile north these were the bedouin arabs in fact this productive human presence in the desert has in the centuries it has been there produced one of the greatest civilizations in human history they not only created the wheel but the printing press the light bulb post modern skyscraper architecture broadway theatre and nuclear power as well the real desertification of the negev mainly in the southern part occurred after israel s dispossession of the bedouin s cultivated lands and pastures right elias the negev was a veritable garden of eden until the evil jews turned off the rain and turned it into a horrible desert part of the international jewish conspiracy say who should i call to turn off the rain here in ny right now nowadays the majority of the square kilometer negev which represents percent of the state of israel pre borders has been desertified beyond recognition yeah deserts rarely look like the garden of eden the main new occupiers of the formerly bedouin negev are the israeli army the nature reserves authority whose chief role is to prevent bedouin from roaming their former pasture lands this is why nature reserves people are heavily armed with anti tank weaponry just what we need in the nature reserves and vast industrial zones including nuclear reactors and dumping grounds for chemical nuclear and other wastes nothing like vast nuclear reactors when it comes to hiding them from air attack at least saddam had the sense to hide his cbn plants in baby milk factories israeli jews in the negev today cultivate less than half the surface area cultivated by the bedouin before and there is no jewish pastoral activity indeed many older people recall fondly those lovely tomatoes and oranges that the bedouin exported form their garden of eden in fact that region used to supply the entire world with bananas until the jews pushed that business onto the banana republics elias you re stupid postings are a source of considerable amusement and hilarity please don t stop i might even have to go back to watching tv jake livni jake bony bony com ten years from now george bush will american occupied new york have replaced jimmy carter as the my opinions only employer has no opinions standard of a failed president
