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Israel & that bloody sand from Wadi Rum
Who would believe that 50km could make such a difference? We catch a bus/taxi across the border into Jerusalem, my most worrying section of the trip. And I needn't have! Despite the guns and serious border control Israel has a great feel about it. We check into our dodgy but well located & friendly hotel, and spend the rest of the afternoon …
Day 16 - The Holy City
... saw the traders selling their goods, got angry and chased them out. Many people who have prays write them down and put them in the cracks of the walls. We headed from the Jewish quarter to the Christian quarter to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This was built 300 years after Jesus was with us. Constantine's mother, Helen, was sent to Jerusalem to find the holy places. Before Constantine, Christianity was outlawed by the Romans, he adopted Christianity into the Roman ...
Family and the High Holidays
... and Sharon and their children. Mikael likes to talk politics or was just engaging me but I got the lowdown from him. Since Mikael has been out of the army he has been involved with non-profit work much it very political and some of it controversial. As with most people here, when you ask Mikael to describe the Palestinian situation, he replies that it is complicated. One key thing to remember it is most complicated in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is ...
Tour of the Old City in Jerusalem
... This is the path that it is believe that Jesus took after he was condemned until his death. It was unbelievable walking along the path and thinking about what took place here.
Notice all of the bullet holes around the Zion Gate? This is a very important location in Jewish history. This is the point where the Israeli Paratroopers in 1948 during the War of Independence broke through the Arab lines and entered the Old City. Up to this ...
O Jerusalem! Oy Jerusalem!
... city bus It worked! We were given a transfer, and on the city-train a transit official was checking for passes.
Well, maybe he saw something on the transfer that indicated Haifa instead of Jerusalem, and he ...
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