Israeli Farmers Get Military Protection To Work Border Fields

KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, ISRAEL - APRIL 30: An Israeli farmer inspects the wheat crop harvested from fields along the border with the Gaza Strip on April 30, 2008 in the fields near Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. As grain prices reach record levels. Israeli farmers are expanding the area under wheat cultivation, right up to the border fence with the Hamas-controlled territory. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)