The vineyards in the southern coastal plain would have been close by, and this was of a scale of production likely to be owned by the nobility, the wealthy, monasteries or even an imperial estate.
It is ironic that at this very moment, when Israel’s ultra-right-wing government is assaulting one of the foundations of the democratic system that of checks and balances the Supreme Court, which is regarded as the country’s last bastion of human rights and individual liberties, is proving not to be the fortress of justice it should be when it comes to the Palestinians in
The Jahalin, a Bedouin clan, lived in Tel Arad in the Naqab desert until Israel expelled them in 1951. They've been living near Jerusalem ever since but now Israel wants them to "relocate."