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Digging Up David: Modern Madness Israel101
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Jerusalem in the twenty-first century is the flashpoint of geopolitics, as it has been from time immemorial. Though united under Israeli rule since 1967, the facts on the ground are nonetheless evidence of two Jerusalems, one Jewish and one Arab. It is in the sleepy Arab suburb of Silwan that the fragile modus vivendi of these two populations is being threatened by, of all things, an archaeological dig. Incredibly, the ground beneath has given up, over years of excavation, the remains of what might well be the palace of none other than King David.http://israel-101.com
Jerusalem in the twenty-first century is the flashpoint of geopolitics, as it has been from time immemorial. Though united under Israeli rule since 1967, the facts on the ground are nonetheless evidence of two Jerusalems, one Jewish and one Arab. It is in the sleepy Arab suburb of Silwan that the fragile modus vivendi of these two populations is being threatened by, of all things, an archaeological dig. Incredibly, the ground beneath has given up, over years of excavation, the remains of what might well be the palace of none other than King David.http://israel-101.com
10 min