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PETER FROST recalls a visit to the West Bank in the ’80s, where he was surprised to find  a strong communist presence at the birthplace of Jesus
Israeli West Bank barrier

I WOULDN’T go to Israel today. I don’t even buy Israeli oranges. 

No, I’m not the slightest bit anti-semitic, but despite what the mighty Israeli lobby tries to tell us, liking and supporting Jews isn’t the same thing as supporting all the awful things the zionist Israeli government is doing to the Palestinians who share the country. 

Things were different way back in the 1980s. Cheap flights and package holidays were making exotic travel available. 

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