The parallel holy

Published October 30, 2010
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2009, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather at a yeshiva, a rabbinical 
seminary, during celebration for the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem. During its six decades of existence, 
Israel has maintained a shaky alliance with its ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority that allowed most religious men to avoid military service, attend separate schools and receive monthly stipends to pursue Jewish studies instead of 
entering the work force.
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2009, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather at a yeshiva, a rabbinical seminary, during celebration for the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem. During its six decades of existence, Israel has maintained a shaky alliance with its ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority that allowed most religious men to avoid military service, attend separate schools and receive monthly stipends to pursue Jewish studies instead of entering the work force.

Though all countries are literally defined by their borders, few have had their history, society and national mindset shaped by their frontiers as much as Israel. With their barbed-wire coils, hills scarred by patrol roads and weather-beaten guardposts manned by young soldiers, the borders are perhaps the most dominant single feature of the country's landscape. - Photos by AP.

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