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Bethlehem after Oslo: Terror Spiked in Israel’s Absence
October 23, 2018 |
Nadav Shragai
The City of Peace Failed to Live Up to Its Name
Luxury Alongside Poverty in the Palestinian Authority
November 5, 2015
Alongside the slums of the old refugee camps, a parallel Palestinian society is emerging.
Rachel’s Tomb, a Jewish Holy Place, Was Never a Mosque
November 8, 2010 |
Nadav Shragai
UNESCO has declared that Rachel’s Tomb near Jerusalem is a mosque – endorsing a Palestinian claim that first surfaced only in 1996 and which ignores centuries of Muslim tradition. Rachel’s Tomb never served as a mosque for the Muslims. It has been identified for over 1,700 years as the grave of the Jewish matriarch Rachel. The depiction of Rachel’s Tomb has appeared in thousands of Jewish religious books, paintings, photographs, stamps, and works of art.
The Vatican and the Standoff at the Church of the Nativity
March 15, 2004 |
Prof. Sergio Itzhak Minerbi