The drive to Jerusalem was a total shock: I had been imagining ‘settlements’ as small beleaguered outposts on the tops of some hills – but in fact they are huge towns with high-rise buildings that cover every single hilltop, all running into each other to make one vast urban sprawl dominating the country. Why don’t we all know this? It seems like an incredibly well-guarded secret – I wish everyone could come here and see what is going on. As for the idea of demolishing any of them – dream on. No one is going to be able to dismantle any of these illegal towns. Maybe the most alien thing about
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