Friday, July 21, 2006

Who Said It?

It seems to me that all the races and colors and tongues of the earth must be represented among the fourteen thousand souls that dwell in Jerusalem. Rags, wretchedness, poverty and dirt, those signs and symbols that indicate the presence of Moslem rule more surely than the crescent-flag itself, abound.

Give up?

Mark Twain, back in 1869, while on a guided tour of Israel.

Some things never change, huh?

From Emet m'Tsiyon (thanks for stopping by!), a most insightful blog that will be linked on the left as soon as I get off my duff to mess with the template...

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