Israel-Palestine: Tears and fears

Two crucial books offer empathy and balance on a bitterly contested issue

Oct 11, 2023

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TWTB collage: Top photo by Cole Keister, Unsplash of Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. It is located on a hilltop complex known by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and by Jews as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism

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