May 8 -- Much of the world today is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel. And with just cause. Not only is Israel the most successful representative democracy since the United States declared its independence from Great Britain, it is a surviving democratic republic in the Middle East, a sea of totalitarian thuggery wishing Israel only ill.

Before 1865, the entire population of Jerusalem lived behind the Old City walls (what today would be considered part of the eastern part of the city).