Bahai Gardens

Borders

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December 28th 2007
I really have not understood the meaning of borders until I came here. For this piece of land the size of New Jersey, borders mean everything. And I dont mean toll booths. Fences. Serious Fences. Barbed Wire. And sometimes walls. And this is not far away. This is right over there. I could walk to it. We spent a week up North- Haifa, Daliat Ha karmel (druze village), Tel Hai, Ramlah, Reh ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more