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Walking around the Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem, Israel  
   

Walking around the Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem, Israel

A Land Divided

July 7th 2010
Usually disputed lands are fought of over for resources or a strategic purpose. But for the area encompassing Israel, the passionate driver of religion (now mixed with politics) provides the tension. After millennia of habitation, this region is beset by claims, counter-claims and counter-counter-claims over the ownership of holy tracts of earth. So it was into this mix of perpetual tension tha ... read more
Middle East » Israel » West Bank

Israeli Flag Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more
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