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Knight's Halls in the Subterranean Crusader City - Akko, Israel  
   

Knight's Halls in the Subterranean Crusader City - Akko, 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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28th November 2010

Knight's Halls
Beautiful picture. Looks to be an amazing sight.

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