[Verginius Rufus]

Well, there aren't any countries other than Egypt between the Aswan High Dam and the Meditteranean Sea.

Tel Aviv gets about 20 inches of rain a year and Jerusalem gets about 22 inches--Israel is not all desert.

Too bad Moses isn't still around--he could go around hitting rocks with his staff and causing water to gush out.

[bert]

Then there is the Jordan river...