Prologue

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a , variety of cultural arenas in Israel . By analyzing photographs , posters , postcards architectural models , sketches and heritage sites , the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse , not only of marginal religious messianic groups , but also of the Israeli mainstream , which defi nes itself as ostensibly secular . The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount , located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections . In addition , it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016 . The book is a cross between an academic volume , a memoria...  אל הספר
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