| Show Jews Make Desert Blossom as Rose I Reports Vernal Visitor to Israel By Wm B Wallis Publisher Vernal Express The Jews have surely made the desert blossom as a arose arose rose in Israel We have vis visited much of their land from north to south and find bounteous crops and industrious hard working farmers ON THE TIU ROCKY hillsides near Jerusalem which have been overgrazed by livestock for two thousand years the Jews have planted trees and andare andare are bringing fertilitY back to the barren soil soli To provide water for the great domain of Neger in inthe inthe the South Israel is construct ing a mlle mile pipe line Une at a acost acost cost of million dollars THE INCH line will be ready for use in 1964 and bring fresh water from the sea of GalilEe to this unde undeveloped area The line is be be- be being ing built against the protests of the Arabs who are said to threaten war if the line is put putto to use The or community corp in Israel seems to work well These units usually con con- consist of families each There are operating sue suc- successfully in Israel THE CORPS are producing fine crops of cotton citrus fruits bananas grapes grains dates and melons Last winter the orange crop from Joppa found a fruitful market in the USA We arrived in Tel Aviv at noon on Friday and by 2 p pm m every store was closed to be- be begin begin gin the celebration of the Jewish Sabbath which con con- continued until sundown Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day All day Saturday the public transportation was sus- sus suspended suspended AU All public places were closed FROM HAlF HAIFA A to the Sea I of Galilee and to Tel Aviv the Bible could be used as a guide to the many historic places We had the thrill of wit I messing the baptism of a memo mem- member ber of our tour in the River Jordan We crossed the Sea of Galilee and saw the hill where the Saviour gave the sermon On the Mount AT NAZARETH we visited the shrine buil built t over the home of Joseph and Mary where Jesus spent 27 years of His life At Capernaum we were reo re- re reminded minded of the feeding of the five thousand with the five loaves and two fishes Many Arabs who have reo re- re remained in Israel have become more prosperous than their relatives in Jordan They are not permitted to go into Jor Jor- Jor Jordan dan but one day a week ma may visit their relatives in an area 1 between the two nations which is heavily guarded TODAY WE go to Vienna and then td Geneva We leavE the Middle East with a high regard for the nations we have visited but know this has been the most rugged part of our tour |
