My little Corner of the World

Gamla - up on the Golan heights, overlooking the sea of Galilee lies this fortress. The most famous story involving this place is its part in the Jewish revolt against the Romans around 68 A.D. After a long seige and some bloody fighting the city was taken by the Romans, and the remaining Jewish population threw themselves down the cliff. This is a story that echoes the one of Massada, both of them are myths which modern Zionism adopted as stories of bravery. Thanks to post modernist thinking, fighting lost causes to the death is not a common theme here any more, but anyone wanting to understand the recent settlers' behaviour should keep that in mind - these myths were a part of our education, but to them the part of the Romans is played these days by their own state.
More about the history of this place: http://mosaic.lk.net/g-gamla.html