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Beit Shan Valley

Beit Shan

Arid terrain converted into fertile land by Bialystoker settlers.

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... Our people constructed the first textile factory in Ramat Yishait in the 1920’s. The Jerusalimski- Yerushalmi family settled in Israel at about the same time, creating a large manufacturing network through- out the land. Significantly, in addition to transplanting traditional Bialystoker industries onto Israeli soil, our settlers converted arid terrain in the Jezreel and Beit Shan valleys into fertile areas. ...
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