Hebron: A British volunteer shares her experience of visiting the city of Hebron in the West Bank
In a region with no shortage of tensions, the city of Hebron exceeds anywhere else in the intensity of its conflicts. It is the site of the most ideologically extremist Israeli settlers, dubbed the ‘ultra-Zionists.’ They believe that Biblical Israel in its entirety – including the West Bank and Gaza Strip – have been promised [...]
Israel’s dead: Should Israel Start Composting?
The biblical description of the Land of Israel as one which “eateth up the inhabitants thereof” is very much liked by Israelis today. Generally used as though we Israelis live in a deterministic void, this account from the Book of Numbers has been proven to be a very useful catchall phrase. With it, one can [...]
