BBC News | In pictures: Refugees and displaced, Ben Tal (Gush Etzion)

Ben Tal (Gush Etzion)

My grandparents come from Italy, Russia and Romania. My great grandfather was from Turkey. Israel draws on all the cultures from across the world.

I was born in the south of Israel and now I live in Gush Etzion [a settlement]. I moved here not because of ideological reasons but because I wanted to live in the country and be close to Jerusalem.


In pictures: Refugees and displaced

	Ben Tal (Gush Etzion) My grandparents come from Italy, Russia and Romania. My great grandfather was from Turkey. Israel draws on all the cultures from across the world. I was born in the south of Israel and now I live in Gush Etzion [a settlement]. I moved here not because of ideological reasons but because I wanted to live in the country and be close to Jerusalem.