A new study examining a millennia-old engraving argues that it shows a Biblical showoff between King Hezekiah of Judah and King Sennacherib of the Assyrian Empire.
In recent weeks, Israeli defense officials have warned that tensions in the West Bank were rising in light of the High Holidays and the planned declarations by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state.
In the Six-Day War, Israel tripled its size practically overnight, but the Arab world refused to recognize these gains. This set the stage for decades of conflict that persist to this day.
This landmark is of deep religious significance to both Judaism and Islam, which is why it has been the focal point of the conflict for decades (and centuries before modern Israel).
