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		0x49fa98 on March 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance... ok, lets see what the Israeli government says https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Maps/Pages/Israeli-Agricu... looks like the country being 55% desert factoid is irrelevant

dagav on March 10, 2021 [–]

I said it was hard to develop a nation in the desert, I didn't say it was impossible. Israel is a world leader in agricultural technology [1] precisely because of this problem.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel

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