The Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael established a park in the Israeli development town of Ofakim. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and JNF President Ronald Lauder attended the inauguration of the park, part of a JNF program to improve the quality of life in Israel’s desert.
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