Once a pillar of Israeli identity —
army units used to be sworn in on the mountaintop,
shouting the sentence "Masada will not fall again!" —
the Masada story fell out of favor
as Israelis became less comfortable with glorifying mass suicide
and identifying with religious fanatics.
05-14-08 by Nachman Ben-Yehuda
The Masada Myth
06-22-07 msnbc.com
New research questions some Masada remains