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Camels Yield to Motors, Palestine Survey Shows

May 22, 1933
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The camel, which even until recently was the chief means of transportation in Palestine, is being rapidly replaced by the automobile.

There were thirty motor cars in all of Palestine in 1920. Today, a count reveals no less than 5,000.

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