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Tension in Gaza and the north with Syria

A travel blog entry by hannaholiff

... to do. If I was in danger they would have told me, and I would have been on the first flight home. Tel Aviv is very safe.

I also wanted to say that I was talking with my co-worker about this and I asked "why do Israeli's still live near Gaza when they know their life is in danger" and her simple and short answer was "Israeli Pride". That is so mind boggling to me to think that these people do not ...

Day 2 - Jaffa (Ancient Joppa)

A travel blog entry by michaelsotosr

... where boats took shelter in the winter. *Jonah the prophet, unwilling to fulfill his mission to Nineveh, boarded a ship at Jaffa bound for Tarshish (Jonah 1:3). Some scholars assume that the expression "the Jaffa sea," mentioned in the Bible in connection with the transport of the cedars of Lebanon to the Temple (II Chron. 2:15; Ezra 3: 7) and ...

Something To Pass The Time

A travel blog entry by dingerse

... the surrounding areas history. It helped that the teacher was fabulous, funny and quite cute as well:)

After the lecture we went off to our two hour Ulpan. The first day (dun dun dunnnnn). I learned the alphabet and some useful phrases and I am actually feeling pretty confident about being able to learn this language that I thought would be so difficult. Needless to say it was a long day, and I am exhausted.
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Two sides

A travel blog entry by vanivan

... I sat down at the gate! You go through security before you even check in - and they mean business, as they question you at extreme length as usual then go through each and every person's bag and its contents item by item! That's about 10 minutes per person, not counting the lining up part... Then you check in, go through security again...oi! Hmm, maybe if I return I'll just fly in and out of Jordan and take a bus across the border...I think that could be ...