The events of the last week in the Middle East have horrified us all. Many civilians were brutally slain, gang-raped or kidnapped while millions around the world have been shocked to their core by the totally unjustified tsunami of barbarism unleashed by the Hamas terrorist group.
When Israel is mentioned, what is your mental image? Is it a country in conflict with its neighbours, a refuge for a persecuted group, a proud historic nation, or do you think of the countryside, the towns and the sites of antiquity?
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