When discussing Palestine, I am often asked the same question; is it safe? Almost all of what we in the West see of Palestine comes from the ongoing conflict between Israel, formed in 1948, and the now occupied Palestinian territories. It is, therefore, of no surprise
The image and text is from the highly popular 'The Israel Project' Facebook page. The image begs a number of questions: 1. Was Jerusalem “built as” the capital of Israel? 2. Why has it been attacked, besieged, ransacked, destroyed, rebuilt, captured and recaptured so many times? And by