Olmert & Bush Visit The Masada - A Symbol Of Determination &

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert together with their wives took time off early Thursday morning to visit the Masada, Towering 430 m. above the Dead Sea, the Masada is the site where one of the greatest epics in the history of mankind was played out.When the Jewish rebellion erupted in 66 CE, a group of Zealots headed for Massada. They knew that Herod had built, about 100 years earlier, an impregnable fortress on its summit which he intended to use as a sanctuary in the event of Cleopatra or local dissidents trying to usurp his throne.The Zealots cast lots to choose 10 men to kill the remainder. They then chose among themselves the one man who would kill the survivors. That last Jew

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