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In City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem, Meron Benvenisti describes how “the chronicles of Jerusalem are a gigantic quarry from which each side has mined stones for the constructions of its myths - and for throwing at each other.” Nationalist movements in the area that is known as “Israel,” such as the Zionists and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, have consistently used historical artifacts and resources to prove their primacy as the original people that lived in the Judean Mountains.