Murad Tourist Resort Bethlehem

... way one should run if it really was an attack). I looked in all directions, but saw no sign of explosions, or destruction. The Israeli news had nothing I could decipher as troublesome so I tried to relax. When Danny got home I asked him about the thud I heard and he thought for a while then described the sound I heard exactly. We were only a few miles from the sea, one of the fighter jets main practice areas and the sound I heard was a sonic boom (The ...

In Jerusalem waren we niet heel erg Bijbels geweest, maar Bethlehem kan je toch echt niet missen, als je toch in het Heilige Land bent.. Maar Bethlehem is niet zo christelijk als je misschien zou denken. En ook niet Joods.. Bethlehem ligt ook nog steeds in de West Bank, en wordt bevolkt door Arabieren. Gelukkig vinden wij arabieren erg gezellig en gastvrij! We hadden via Couchsurfing ene Saeid gevonden, die ons bij de Geboortekerk opwachtte. We mochten onze spullen in een wrak ...

Somehow the time has fluttered by in that strange way it does which leaves you feeling like you have been somewhere forever while at the same time you have the impression that you only arrived yesterday.<br><br>The last weeks have been hard work but just as wonderful and tiring (if not quite as hectic) as the summer camp.<br><br><br><br>I welcome each day at 6am as the sun breaks over the nearest settlement to the east &#8211; dappling this land and that in a soft, yellow glow. Megumi ...

It's been such an incredible couple of weeks, I&#8217;m not sure where to begin. It has been a whirlwind of laughing kids, paint splattered hands, games in the sun, energy and exhaustion in equal measures!<br><br><br><br>This was the seventh childrens&#8217; summer camp held here under the title "Bringing Nature to Life: Learning Hope and Planting Peace". Around 40 children aged between 6 and 14 came from towns and refugee camps around Bethlehem, the central goal of the camp being to ...

... d** Stadt, denn es gibt nichts als blanken Hass auf beiden Seiten. Palaestinens** muessen Gitt** ueb** ihrem Markt anbringen, weil die Siedl** von ihren Wohnungen tagtaeglich Steine, Flaschen und Muell auf Passanten h**abw**fen. Es ist gaengige Praxis, Loech** in die Wass**tanks d** Hebron** zu schiessen, meistens, wenn sie g**ade gefuellt wurden (Bild** von selbigen w**de ich so bald wie moeglich hochladen). Wollen die ansaessigen Muslime zur Moschee, muessen sie zwei Sich ...

The journey here was surprisingly easy - I had prepared myself for a lot of difficulties, to the extent that I barely believed I would actually ever find myself at the 'Tent of Nations' project. In fact, I barely even believed I was evem going atall untill I got on the plane.... and even then...<br>However, I am very much here and this place is very much a reality. <br><br>While checking the boarding gate for the flight I noticed that the woman beside me was also looking for the same ...

... I would far prefer to have an Israeli who is trained in how to handle a gun and knows something of defense carry a weapon than some of my fellow Americans. <br><br>So, step this way into the future, give up some personal freedoms for the right not to be blown up on a shopping street or the security to watch a movie in peace. Maybe, if we're lucky, instead of the future of security wands at the cinema, our future will be more along the lines of desalination plants and tree plantings.<br><br>

... monk this afternoon, a friend of a friend. It was just wonderful to get to know him and life for the small Armenian community that live secluded behind the walls of this "convent." Tomorrow will be our last day out of the city. We're heading to the desert: Masada and the Dead Sea. It should be an interesting day. Pray that my mouth recovers quickly and stops giving me trouble!

I had read as much as I could about the journey across the Allenby Bridge from Jordan to the West Bank of Palestine, but nothing could have prepared me for the real thing. The simple fact is that the Israelis blew up all the bridges over the Jordan River after the 1967 war, and this one was the only one that they rebuilt into Palestine. The ride downhill from Amman is one that every bicyclist should consider because you eventually wind up in Jerico, which is ...

... yard. I spotted a man cleaning a grave of someone's. Only to find out that it was his 6 month old brother (the guy I meet was well into his 50's). Most people in Israel are buried and then they have a grave stone and casket shaped box above them. That way no one walks on top of them as they are in the ground. He told me to go down to the second tier to find the person that I am looking for. I guess a lot of tourist look for his grave. I got down to the second ...