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Politics : View from the Center and Left Middle East Annex

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3222)1/26/2026 1:31:05 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) of 3229
 
...We drove on south to the village of Taybeh, about midway between Jericho and Ramallah. Taybeh has 1,300 people, all of them Christians. This is where the Christian-run Taybeh Brewing Company operates, next to a large vineyard.

A few years ago, I spent a pleasant weekend there, staying at the local hotel, but the place is closed now. Its owner, Nadim Khoury, explained on the tour that there are no more tourists. Instead, settlers have been vandalizing vineyards and making movement on the roads difficult.

He feels that there's nobody to complain and nothing to be done. Some of his children have relocated to the United States. Others are still here, insisting on producing their delicious beer...

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