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Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.israel0305,0,7843769.story
Defending Israel's Heritage
(Baltimore Sun) Aron U. Raskas - The Israeli government adds two culturally rich, millennium-old historic sites - the Tomb of Rachel and the Cave of the Jewish Patriarchs and Matriarchs - to a list of Israel's National Heritage Sites, and riots break out, followed by international condemnation. There is no nation with firmer roots in a land than the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. The continuing threats and acts of violence each time Israel seeks to take a step that reflects its great historic ties to the land are specifically calculated to deter just such steps.