[nayefc]

The Dead Sea area in Jordan & Palestine is one of two (the other being a small area in California) that can sustain growing the best type of dates in the world. This is one of the reasons why Israel colonises this part of the Dead Sea; to prevent the Palestinians from owning a major export of their ancestral lands.

[mikorym]

There is another place where you can do that, but it is a peaceful place and I won't tell you where it is.

Also, I don't agree with your interpretation. Investing in dates is a lifetime investment. I doubt that this would be the exact reason for their politics in that area. If you plant a date tree today, you can expect to start having positive cash flow in > 15 years from now. I think there are more immediate considerations (or other crops with a quicker turnaround) like maybe nuclear bombs and guns. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_(song)

[josh_fyi]

- Part of the Dead Sea coast was in pre-1967 Israel.

- This comment, imputing a very negative motivation of sheer spitefulness, is offensive.

[fortran77]

By your logic, Jordan too is occupying "Palestinian" land. Is this one of the reasons Jordanians are occupying this land?

The fact that you don't say this reveals your true agenda.

[blasteye]

Much of that comment is political in nature. Calling it palestine & colonization is disputable.

Technically the Israelites inhabited the land before the Palestinians. Such land was part of Judea & Samaria, which the romans conquered, kicked out the Israelites. In modern times the Israelites won back much of the land in a war of aggression against them.

It's akin to saying that the Native Americans who lived in their reservations were attacked by the surrounding cities. The native americans won, and in the battles managed to extended their reservations to a greater % of their historical lands before the Americans kicked them out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea#Biblical_period

[ilammy]

> The Dead Sea area in Jordan & Palestine is one of two (the other being a small area in California) that can sustain growing the best type of dates in the world.

Somehow I can't stop reading this the wrong way.