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Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

April 26, 2017

At the Neve Ilan exit off Route 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem lies the least divisive shrine in the Holy Land. In a place where dead kings are forever being conscripted in absentia, the Elvis Inn is an oasis of spectacularly kitschy dead-king memorabilia and a surreal demilitarized zone...

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