Faking it for Israel

Life really is unfair sometimes. Last month there were widespread reports of a team of archeologists faking ancient artefacts of particular interest to Jews and Christians. They included an ivory pomegranate said to date from King Solomon's temple and a ossuary said to contain the bones of Jesus's brother James. When the fakes were exposed I posted that the fakers were like Alan Dershowitz and Joan Peters, only with a shovel and some paint. I wrote to The Guardian saying that no-one should be surprised at the over-eagerness of Zionists to believe such flagrant falsehood regarding Jewish history in Palestine. They didn't publish it but now, three weeks down the line, they have published this article by Rachel Shabi making exactly the same point as I did at the time. Better late than never I suppose.