Haviv Rettig Gur has an essay in the Jerusalem Post in which claims:
Here’s a theory: Israeli society has a profoundly different and deeply moving way of defining the very notion of Jewishness. [read the essay...]
The essay sets the stage for his theory and expands on it. It’s well worth reading.
CNN has a video of the wall that’s well worth watching. (You have to put up with a brief commercial.)
From the Israel Antiquities Authority:
An Enormous 3,700 Year Old Fortification was Exposed in the City of David
The fortification rises to a height of c. 8 meters [26 feet], and it seems that the Canaanites used it to defend the path that led to the spring.
The excavations are being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park and are underwritten by the Ir David Foundation.
A huge fortification more than 3,700 years old….
