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Jerusalem
Travel Blogs from Jerusalem, Palestinian Territory
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Sabeel
... up before I got here because at this point I am ready to go home. This afternoon we went to visit a Palestinian Christian organization called Sabeel. This is an organization that is dedicated to ministering the justice and peace of Christ. Being ...
E1-settler outpost
Aunt Jen said it was high time for my political education to begin. She and a journalist friend of hers took me to a place that has recently been the center of controversy called "E1". E1 is near the settlement of Maale Adumim and the settlers there are ...
Pull Out Day
... of my computer was filled with the news about the upcoming pull out. Our project team and I decided that we should go out and visit Jerusalem and witness what we can there with the news of the pull out. First we went to see the walls down by Az ...
Arrival
... stamp my passport during my visit to Ottawa, then surely they could do it too! And in the end they agreed! We got our luggage and took a shared taxi to the Old City of Jerusalem where Aunt Jen and I were staying with her old friends the Al Jundi ...
The Dome of the Rock
... entrance gate today. He thought maybe because today (Sunday) was a holiday for the Jewish and Christian Quarters of Old Jerusalem. He thought maybe security tension would be released a little because the Muslims would be dominating the city that day ...
Exploring the Old City of Jerusalem
Aunt Jen took me around the Old City of Jerusalem today. I got to see lots of cool places! We're living in the Muslim Quarter, but we also went to the Jewish Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Armenian ...
Travel Experience in Entering Israel
... you change your money. Then, after a 35 shequel bus ride through the West Bank, going along a few minefields(!), I was in Jerusalem. I will talk about that city in my next entry. Leaving Israel took a bit of time. The Israelis don't necessarily stamp ...
Palestinians arrested Confronting Isreli Police
... I couldn't order the police to release their detainees but I could make sure they did not abuse them. Several times while frisking a Palestinian a policeman could not resist giving him a knee in the small of the back or an elbow into a neck. My presence ...
Nablus to East Jerusalem
... no man's land. Got another taxi to a nearby village where we negotiated for another taxi via back roads & fields to Jerusalem. Arrived at Faisal Hostel & checked into a dorm bed. The taxiis were quite expensive. The drivers with good reason consider ...
Old City, Church of the Sepulchre
Mon 29 July 2002. I visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which is believed to be where Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected. There are plaques on the walls representing the Stations of the Cross, the path that the Christ followed from ...
Just hung out,, talk with guests, not much else.
Sat 3 August 2002 This was an inactive day. Don't remember anything about ...
Aqaba to East Jerusalem
... main bus terminal in Jerusalem. Along the highway could see Israeli settlements on the hill tops in what was West Bank, ie Palestinian territory. The highway was for the use of Jews only, Palestinians prohibited. Took a taxi to the Damascus Gate and ...
On Highway 61
... that wasn't enough Jesus for me. But it was enough, so I ate and drank instead. Nothing special, though. Jerusalem is known as a culinary backwater, and I found nothing to dispute that. It did have some cool, funky bars with large ...
Viikonloppu Jerusalemissa
Meillä oli niin sanottu pitkä viikonloppu, 2 tuntia pidempi kuin normaalisti. Jätimme keramiikan pesun väliin, mikä tietysti kostautui maanantaina. Suurin osa ryhmästä lähti Jerusalemiin. Jotkut lähtivät Massadalle, jotkut jäivät Karei ...
Flat Stanley Arrives in Palestine and Israel!
Hi there! Well, after settling in for a long plane ride, I arrived in Ben Gurion airport. My friend Jen didn't have any problem getting into the country, but border control initially didn't want to stamp my passport. Jen convinced them to, though. Here ...
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