Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Border tv series... cross your fingers!
Date: Jun 20, 2001 @ 13:26
Author: Jan Krogh ("Jan Krogh" <jakro64@...>)
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I have heard such a story, but about a village at the Israeli/Lebanese border. (It might be another story.)
 
Jan
 
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From: Doug Murray [mailto:dmurray@...]
Sent: 18. juni 2001 18.37
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Border tv series... cross your fingers!

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I heard a story as well, and wonder if any of you have heard it:  when
Israel was created, a think pencil was used to draw the shape of the
new state.  Apparently, the pencil line went through a town on what would
become the Israel-Egypt border.  However, the lead of the pencil was
thich enough that the line completely covered the dot marking the town.
And, the location of the town has been in dispute ever since.

Has anyone heard this story?