Finance Minister Yair Lapid approved a decision on Sunday to declare 2014 a drought year in the Negev, as well as other parts of the South and the North.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/finance-minister-lapid-declares-2014-drought-year-israel
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/jerusalem-post-israel
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/israel
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops