PoliticalChic
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In 1945 aboard the USS Quincy at Bitter Creek ibn Saud told FDR that the Allies should give the best land in Germany to the Jews.
I've been to Israel, Jordan, and hubby to Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.
They didn't get the best land......they made it the best land.
The Arabs, on the other hand weren't "Sons of the Desert," they were Fathers of the Desert.
I saw, first hand, the effects of the worldviews of the Jews vs the Arabs.
2. One need only ride along the border of the two nations to see the results. Both nations began with the same geography: more than 50% of each, rock strewn desert.
Today, Jordan is 75% desert, Israel, 60%.
But on the latter's side, orchard and irrigated fields spring up....on Jordan's side, largely the same as always.

Photo: Gave Us This Land
The Israeli government brings in roads, electricity, and irrigation and the result is obvious.

Jordan
Exploring Wadi Rum Desert In Jordan
3. Throughout Israel one can see vast groves of date palms, and dates represent a major Israeli export.

http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/Agriculture/Pages/Israeli-dates-are-in-demand.aspx
But these trees are not indigenous...they were brought from Iraq and Morocco, and carefully naturalized in Israel.
Get this: the trees are three times more productive in Israel than they were in Iraq and Morocco.
The reason? In their homeland, the growers wait for nature to pollinate the flowers...wind, bees, and other insects....while in Israel, every tree is hand sprayed with pollen.
Nothing to do with either money nor religion....simply the work ethic and intelligence.