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Israel: Minister leads prayers for rain to end drought | Israel: Minister leads prayers for rain to end drought |
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Israel's Agriculture Minister, Uri Ariel, has joined with the country's religious leaders in an attempt to use the power of prayer to end a drought. | Israel's Agriculture Minister, Uri Ariel, has joined with the country's religious leaders in an attempt to use the power of prayer to end a drought. |
Severe drought for four years has left water supplies at low levels. | |
Mr Ariel led prayers at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Critics said he should tackle the crisis more practically. | |
The drought has had a big impact on farming communities and caused Israel to become reliant on desalination plants on its Mediterranean coast. | |
"We significantly lowered the cost of water, we are carrying out many studies on how to save water in different crops, but prayer can certainly help," Mr Ariel said. | "We significantly lowered the cost of water, we are carrying out many studies on how to save water in different crops, but prayer can certainly help," Mr Ariel said. |
The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth wrote: "Prayer is not a bad thing, but the minister has the ability to influence [matters] in slightly more earthly ways" - such as promoting policies to reduce climate change, it suggested. | The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth wrote: "Prayer is not a bad thing, but the minister has the ability to influence [matters] in slightly more earthly ways" - such as promoting policies to reduce climate change, it suggested. |
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