Just for a view from a window: The long saga of Jerusalem’s King David Street

King David Street came back to my mind just recently as US President Joe Biden had a schedule that included a voyage of approximately 400 meters from the King David Hotel.

PEOPLE LOOK from their balcony as then-US president Barack Obama’s cars arrive at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 2013. It is a rather bizarre street, bearing in mind it is Jerusalem’s most prestigious lane, says the writer.

(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

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