Israelis flee to island only a 40-minute flight away that looks set to play critical geopolitical role amid Middle East unrest
In quieter times, the four-storey building that houses the Jewish community centre in the heart of Larnaca is an oasis of peace.
If visitors drop by, it is usually to pray, enjoy the centre’s kosher food, or learn more about the British-run detention camps in which over 53,000 Holocaust survivors were interned on Cyprus between 1946 and early 1949, when the last 10,000 were evacuated to the new Israeli state.
