First Camel Jockeys, Early Camel Drivers………….
“The Bedouin of Arabia have a strange legend about the origins of the camel. According to them, it was the Jews, not the Bedouins who had camels first in antiquity. The legend says that the Jews lived in the mountains of the Hijaz, while the Bedouins lived in the deserts. They Bedouins kept horses and rode them in their raids, but they avoided the mountains for fear of losing their way in the mountainous ravines. For some reason, the Bedouins once mounted a raid on the Jews in the mountains, because they had a guide who claimed to know every mountain and pass. But the Bedouin had no sooner entered the mountains that their guide lost his way and they began to wander aimlessly. After several days, they became so starved that they killed some of their horses and ate them. After some time, they came across a traveler who led them by night along winding canyons until they came to a plain where the Jews lived. When they came to the plain, surrounded by hills, they discovered the many tents of the Jews. In front of the tents were strange animals that the Bedouin had never seen before…….”
So, the Jews could have had the petroleum (oil) by now, had they stayed put, instead of having to fight with the surly Palestinians over olive groves and orange orchards. Okay they would have had to give up Goldman Sachs, but...........
I wonder if Netanyahu and Lieberman (Avigdor Lieberman the extreme right-wing Israeli foreign minister not Joe Lieberman the plain right-wing US senator) buy this. As for Alan Dershowitz, or even Rahm Emanuel, well: I can’t imagine Dershowitz on a camel. Rahm looks like many camel drivers I have seen, but he is better attired.
Cheers and Happy New Year
mhg
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