For thousands of years, Palestine has

been a focal point for the world with

its crucial location between three continents.

Over time, many peoples have

lived here. No other place on this planet

offers such a rich and dramatic history,

such cultural variety and depth. Hardly

any place has seen a conflict of longer

duration and greater bitterness than

the current struggle between Palestinians

and Jewish Zionists. But Palestine is

more than strife and gloom: It is a beautiful

stretch of land, hugging between

the blue Mediterranean Sea and the

Jordan River, between the mountains

and cedars of Lebanon and the arid Sinai

desert in the South, the legendary

Land of Milk and Honey. Thus Palestine

is fascinating, bewildering, troubling,

beautiful and so many other things at

the same time. It’s a true maze for the

mind.