ISRAEL BOUGHT THIS LAND FOR .5 MILLION IN ORANGES, RUSSIA WANTS IT BACK

ISRAEL BOUGHT THIS LAND FOR $3.5 MILLION IN ORANGES, RUSSIA WANTS IT BACK

The entire Russian Compound of the Elizabeth Courtyard was constructed by the IOPS between 1860 and 1864 for Russian pilgrims to Jerusalem, but the Ottoman Empire confiscated it during World War I.