Josh Hantman, a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told CNN the deal with the settlers was reached through great effort and numerous coordinations with the leaders of the local community.

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Look, I think there will be a great effort on our part to distribute this through different means, social networking sites, in order to get this in front of as many eyes throughout the world as we can.

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According to various sources, when Alexander was leading his army across Gedrosia, and many were perishing through thirst and exposure, some soldiers brought Alexander a helmetful of water they had scraped together with great effort from a muddy hole.

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