Word: ashkelon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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VICKI FREED Doar Na Hof Ashkelon, Israel...
...came up with the same idea following the Six-Day War-and with the canal closed indefinitely-the race was on. Last week, getting the jump on the Egyptians, Israel started construction of a $113 million pipeline project linking the port of Elath on the Gulf of Aqaba to Ashkelon on the Mediterranean. Bulldozers at both ends of the planned, 160-mile line began clearing sand dunes to make way for oil-storage tanks. The 42-in pipeline, which is being built by Israeli, U.S. and French technicians, should be able to transmit 15 million tons of crude per year...
...originally set up 30 years ago by the World Zionist Organization to lay out and stock farm communities for middle-class German Jewish refugees. But as Israel gradually became agriculturally self-sufficient, Rassco's horizons widened. The company still raises sheep in Samson's Ashkelon, and cattle on the plains of Maresha where Joshua's army marched. But through a string of 52 subsidiaries and affiliates, Rassco is now involved in citrus groves, organic fertilizer, dairies, Bible publishing, diamond polishing, supermarkets, North Atlantic fishing boats, hotels and high-rise apartments. In 65 Israel communities, 93 Rassco building...