Garden of Gethsemane

Shalom!

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October 13th 2009
We arrived early in the morning in the commercial Port city of Asdod, Israel. The Israeli's customs had already boarded the ship the day before to do face to face interviews (ours lasted 20 seconds I would guess) with each visitor and give us our visa (they didn't stamp our passport). They double checked our passport again as we left the ship, we were one of the first to disembark to meet our tour ... 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