Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns up myriad websites offering wedding bands inscribed with the much-loved line ...
As Israel and Hamas inched precariously towards the first stage of their ceasefire deal, memories of the years I spent travelling to, working in and reporting from Gaza were resurfacing.
The Canaanites were there before the Jews who escaped from Egypt, and the Philistines arrived. They all built cities with stone walls. They worked–bronze and copper in hot fires. They farmed and ...