Actually, earthquakes _are_ a thing in eastern Palestine - it's right next to this major fault line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-African_Rift_Valley h

Actually, earthquakes _are_ a thing in eastern Palestine - it's right next to this major fault line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-African_Rift_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-African_Rift_Valley we have very-minor earthquakes occasionally, and I think a major earthquake once a century or so.