Around the Kotel

Jerusalem of Gold

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February 13th 2008
Not too much has been going on here. I've been walking to the beach and reading and studying there. It's really relaxing there- we found a restaurant on the beach that has couches that are long enough to lounge on, and we go there and get a drink and read and relax. Yesterday our program took us to Jerusalem for the day. It was about 15 degrees colder than it had been the day before and it rai ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Tel Aviv District » Tel Aviv

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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