Garden of Gethesemane

Tuesday March 8 -Jerusalem -Museum and Mt. Olives

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March 8th 2011
Tuesday March 8, 2011-Jerusalem The day was sunny but cold and windy. The camera's battery is getting low and our charger is not working. We started this morning at the Knesset, which is Israel's parliament. We spent most the morning at the Holocaust museum. It is built in a serpent style. You walked around different exhibits and crossed the main aisle. Very moving exhibits with videos and art ... 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