Re: NI on Earth Map

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
>>
> Noam Izenberg schrieb:
>> In my version of the history I have a corridor of reclamation
>> between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by the late 23nd century. It will
>> probably
>> be too small to see on your map.
>
> Interesting. By what political/military action do you propose could
> this be established on a spot within the IF ?

For my New Israeli timeline, I expanded and moved on from the original 
GZG entry:

2027	April 23; Destruction of the State of Israel by Islamic
terrorist 
action. Nuclear devices destroy Tel Aviv, Haifa, and most shocking to 
the world, Jerusalem. Biological weapons unleashed across the country 
kill additional millions within Israel and the surrounding nations.
2028	Fallout from the Israeli devastation renders most of Jordan and 
parts of Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia uninhabitable.
....
2048	On the 100th anniversary of Yom Ha’atzmaut, a heavily armed 
contingent of Jewish radicals led by David Ben-Arieh, grandson of a 
WW-II concentration camp survivor, “retake Israel” by occupying the 
radioactive wastes in and between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. They intend to

keep the homeland occupied until the inevitable return from what they 
call the Second Exodus. The community survives under quiet sponsorship 
from other world governments, some of whom feel a debt of guilt, others 
a strategic opportunity.  Some supply money, some arms and technology
to 
combat the harsh conditions and rehabilitate ruins. Quiet, but 
significant words are spoken to the surrounding Arab states from several

major powers discouraging harassment of the remaining Israelis. A ragged

Jewish community clings to the symbolism as a hope of rebuilding what 
was destroyed.
....
2159	The Year of Recovery. Several census organizations estimate that

the total interstellar Jewish population passes the pre-World War II 
levels. The population of Old Israel is around 30,000 predominantly 
religious inhabitants, growing very slowly as land is decontaminated and

reclaimed one hectare at a time.
....
At FB2 Present (2190s):
Old Israel
A tight, militant community of 70 thousand “Shomrim” (guardians)
live in 
the radioactive and bio-hazardous wastes in and between Jerusalem and 
Tel-Aviv, slowly decontaminating and reclaiming land. By the early 
2190's about half of Old Tel-Aviv is one again habitable - the central 
region consisting of a large crater. With the Old City of Jerusalem a 
plane of glass, decontamination and reclamation efforts focus on the 
surrounding valleys and hills.

"Harmonize, rebel pagan! "   (Noam Raphael Izenberg - conducting the