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And in the face of such a menace the Arabs remained inert. With their customary fatalism they accepted the locust plague as a necessary evil. They could not understand why we were so frantic to fight it. AND IN THE FACE OF SUCH A MENACE THE ARABS REMAINED INERT WITH THEIR CUSTOMARY FATALISM THEY ACCEPTED THE LOCUST PLAGUE AS A NECESSARY EVIL THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE SO FRANTIC TO FIGHT IT
ything. As the prophet Joel said, "The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.... The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Not only was every green leaf devoured, but the very bark was peeled from the trees, which stood out white and lifeless, like skeletons. The fields were stripped to the ground, and the old men of our villages, who had given their lives to cultivating these gardens and vineyards, came out of the synagogues where they had been praying and wailing, and looked on the ruin with dimmed eyes. Nothing was spared. The insects, in their fierce hunger, tried to engulf everything in their way. I have seen Arab babies, left by their mothers in the shade of some tree, whose faces had been devoured by the oncoming swarms of locusts before their screams had been heard. I have seen the carcasses of animals hidden from sight by the undulating, rustling blanket of insects. R THE COUNTRYSIDE DESTROYING EVERYTHING AS THE PROPHET JOWL SAID THE FIELD IS WASTED THE LAND MOURNETH FOR THE CORN IS WASTED THE NEW WINE IS DRIED UP THE OIL LANGUISHETH THE LAND IS AS THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE THEM AND BEHIND THEM A DESOLATE WILDERNESS NOT ONLY WAS EVERY GREEN LEAF DEVOURED BUT THE VERY BARK WAS PEELED FROM THE TREES WHICH STOOD OUT WHITE AND LIFELESS LIKE SKELETONS THE FIELDS WERE STRIPPED TO THE GROUND AND THE OLD MEN OF OUR VILLAGES WHO HAD GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO CULTIVATING THESE GARDENS AND VINEYARDS CAME OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PRAYING AND WAILING AND LOOKED ON THE RUIN WITH DIMMED EYES NOTHING WAS SPARED THE INSECTS IN THEIR FIERCE HUNGER TRIED TO ENGULF EVERYTHING IN THEIR WAY I HAVE SEEN ARAB BABIES LEFT BY THEIR MOTHERS IN THE SHADE OF SOME TREE WHOSE FACES HAD BEEN DEVOURED BY THE ONCOMING SWARMS OF LOCUSTS BEFORE THEIR SCREAMS HAD BEEN HEARD I HAVE SEEN THE CARCASES OF ANIMALS HIDDEN FROM SIGHT BY THE UNDULATING RUSTLING BLANKET OF INSECTS
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