The Dream of Israel. 70 Years And A Magnificent Expanse.
In 1867, Mark Twain visited the Holy Land and gave this report: "Israel is a desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds…a silent mournful expanse…a desolation…we never saw a human being on the whole route…hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country." In less than 70 years Israelis have transformed this country from barren deserts and a "desolate expanse," into...
Read Post