Is Barack Obama Nostalgic for a “White” Israel?
The kibbutz Israel he's nostalgic for was a font of ethnic chauvinism.
May 27, 2015
Relics of Ancient Jewish Life in Palmyra, Now in the Hands of Islamic State
According to Josephus, the city was built by King Solomon.
According to the 1st-century Jewish historian Josephus, the city of Palmyra, which last week fell to Islamic State, was built by King Solomon. It also had a sizable Jewish population well into the Middle Ages. Ilan Ben Zion takes note of some of the archaeological evidence of ancient Jewish life there:
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Relics of Ancient Jewish Life in Palmyra, Now in the Hands of Islamic State
According to Josephus, the city was built by King Solomon.
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