Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians
Amid war, Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo is an island of sanity in a complicated reality.
JERUSALEM—In most zoos, a peccary would warrant scant attention. The grunting, short-legged New World critter doesn't spout water like crowd-pleasing elephants or pick visitors' pockets like mischievous lemurs. What it does boast, though, is a passing resemblance to a pig. In super-religious Jerusalem, this is enough to reel in crowds of curious conservative Haredi Jews and Palestinian Muslims.
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