Dome of the Rock - Temple Mount

Monday March 7 -Jerusalem

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March 7th 2011
Monday March 7, 2011 We are heading to the old city.We just finished at Dome of the Rock. We were not able to go inside.We headed to the Wailing Wall and got chance to see a number of Bar Mitsvahs being held. We also got a chance to pray at the wall and see all the written prayers tucked into the wall. It was quite a humbling experience to pray at the wall, all men had to have a yamika on their h ... read more

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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