Self Photo-Mt. Carmel

Safed, Hebron back to Jerusalem

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November 20th 2008
Blogging has proven to be a bit difficult ~ expensive to purchase time or too little time or too tired to do it! We're back in Jerusalem after taking a two day jaunt up to Qiryat al Carmel, Safed and Hebron. It's been quite a time. It's hard, again, to put into words the things we've seen. Qiryat al Carmel is a Druze community. They are officially recognized as a separate religious enti ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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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