Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over

2361.681 - 2387.607 Simon Sebag Montefiore

Yeah, I mean, the creation of Israel is an extraordinary story. It's bizarre. You use the word miraculous. It's unlikely. And it is the result of a concatenation of different elements. I mean, first of all, there's the ancient Jewish connection, the ancient Jewish kingdoms that existed from about 1000 BC to about the birth of Christ when Herod the Great died, the one with the exploding genitals.