Your Falafel or Mine?

In my first blog entry entitled "Your Hummus or Mine?" I reflected the claim to fame of the world famous middle eastern food. It's "Jewish! Israel makes the best Hummus" I heard on the plane, thinking about how I wasn't so sure about that little fact.

A few weeks ago I was outside of Gaza, up in the city of Akko which is one the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the area. It has been in the hands of the Romans, then the Arabs, then the Crusaders, then back to the Arabs (we're talking year 1191 here). The UN 1947 Partition Plan included Akko as part of the Palestinian state, but during the war of 1948 Akko was besieged by Israeli Forces. 13,000 residents became refugees and fled as a result. Sigh.

Strolling through Akko, I found this post card and it speaks for itself.