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November 4, 2009
Rain in the Holy Land
Recent rains have brought much needed rain to the Holy Land which has been suffering from years of below normal precipitation leaving the Sea of Galilee and underground aquifers at dangerously low levels. (10 images)

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A flash of lightning lights up the sky before dawn on Oct. 31, over Hod Hasharon in central Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman


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Palestinians are seen from inside a car walking in heavy rain in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 2. AP / Muhammed Muheisen



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A Palestinian vendor pushes his cart as he runs from heavy rain in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 2. AP / Muhammed Muheisen



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A Palestinian man covers himself with a plastic bag in order to protect from the rain as he sits on the ground after crossing from the West Bank town of Qalqilya to work in Israel, at the Israeli army's checkpoint near Kibbutz Eyal in central Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 3. AP / Oded Balilty



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Palestinian men keep dry inside plastic bags as rain falls on West Bank labourers looking for work in the Jewish State, on Nov. 3, at the Eyal crossing in central Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman



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A Palestinian man performs his Muslim morning prayers alongside fellow day laborers who keep warm round a fire while waiting to be collected by their Israeli employers as temperatures plummet with the advent of winter, on Nov. 1, at the Eyal crossing from the West Bank to central Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman



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Palestinian day laborers keep warm round a fire while waiting to be collected by their Israeli employers as temperatures plummet with the advent of winter, on Nov. 1, at the Eyal crossing from the West Bank to central Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman



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Palestinian laborers looking for work in the Jewish State crowd together under a shelter during a cloudburst on Nov. 3, at the Eyal crossing in central Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman



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Palestinian laborers are reflected in rain-water as they wait for transport to their jobs Nov. 3, at the Eyal crossing in central Israel. Getty Images / David Silverman



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A surfer walks with his board as rain and wind hit the Mediterranean sea at the beach in Herzeliya, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Nov. 2. AP / Ariel Schalit



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