Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Israeli and Palestinian peaceful coexistence, until myopic nationalism raised it's shortsighted head ..

"Lines in the Sand: Deadly Times in the West Bank and Gaza - by Andrew Cockburn" .. excerpt ..

The many peoples who have lived on this land in past ages have not always been so much at odds. A cache of letters uncovered in a cave in the Judaean desert on the southern fringe of the West Bank 40 years ago chronicles the daily life of Babatha, a second-century Jewish woman. Babatha describes Jews and Arabs coexisting without friction. Just a hundred years ago Jews, Christians, and Muslims living in Jerusalem routinely attended each other's religious festivities. That kind of harmony eroded and disappeared in the 20th century with the rise of nationalism—Jewish and Arab—in the region.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/asia/israel/west-bank-text/1

It's time again for a 'wedding' as those of just 4 generations ago .. yeah .. lots of them .. have a centenary!