Israel drought: minister rallies thousands to pray for relief
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Uri Ariel works with rabbis to bring worshippers to Western Wall as country struggles with long-running water shortage
With technology coming up short, Israel's agriculture minister sought an unconventional solution on Thursday to end the country's water shortage: rallying a few thousand worshippers at Jerusalem's Western Wall to pray for rain.
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