
ALT THE MOST MORAL GENOCIDE IN THE WORLD Darryl Li Atop a hill in the western outskirts of Jerusalem sits Yad Vashem, the official Holocaust memorial and museum of the state of Israel, a pilgrimage destination for visiting dignitaries and children on school trips alike. Barely a kilometer away on an adjoining hilltop is Kfar Shaul, an Israeli community that includes a mental health hospital well-known for first diagnosing the so-called βJerusalem syndrome,β whereby awestruck tourists temporarily believe themselves to be Biblical figures. Kfar Shaul was built atop the ruins of the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, site of the most infamous massacre of the 1948 Nakba. Some of the stone houses of Deir Yassin are still standing as part of the Kfar Shaul mental health hospital. ...































