Todays Israel is still basically an agricultural nation. It is. as the Bible described. "a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates. a land of olive oil and honey." In the first 15 years of Israels sovereignty. 478 agricultural settlements were established. Most of these were populated by the immigrants who came seeking this new land of "milk and honey." The cultivable land has almost doubled since 1948. This has been brought about by the draining of Lake Huleh and its marshlands and by extensive irrigation projects. The arable land area is expected to be increased again when the Jordan River waters begin flowing this year.
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