PALESTINIAN CLAIMS TO ISRAELI LAND “A VERY THIN STRETCH INDEED” by paraleaglenm, blogging at paraleaglenm (Dec. 12, 2011) — In 167 B.C., the Jews revolted under the leadership of the Maccabeans and restored Jewish control of Israel and the Temple’s ransacked interior, lighting the oil lamp called the ‘shamash’ in the sanctuary. This is the origin […]
