Unlike in Greece, in Israel archeology is considered more than a tax-generating business by the state. It offers the opportunity to rewrite history, to delete Palestinians and recreate Biblical Israel. Recently, two events provided colorful reminders of these industrious fabrications.
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Israel systematically attempts to create what George Orwell called in 1984 "Memory Holes,"+ a fairytale that the state calls "history" while selling tickets to its national parks.