Blogs from Nazareth, North District, Israel, Middle East - page 5

It's Monday evening, and we are on the "wait". Last Saturday I met Odette, the owner once more and discussed our plans and how we see Nazareth and the relations between us. I had the feeling like by renovating and bringing back life into Fauzi Azar building we will fulfill one of her dreams. The meeting went well and in one stage Odette said that I look like one of the family… I guess it can't get any better. At Saturday S jumped her first solo sky dive, and catched another dream… Since then I wasn't doing so much but tomorrow I'm going on a 3 day hike with guys from www.hike.co.il forum. We will hike in the Negev, part on the INT, so I'll take my GPS so I'll have another section on my Data ... read more

The idea is gaining power and strength, I feel as focus as ever and waiting for the future to come and show me what it got for me. On the weekend we are going to be in Nazareth to see, feel and meet some people. This is going to be my fourth time in the city since I got back and so far it was better then I could expect. Usually I'm doing plans in my head based on thought, feelings and what I heard. Most of the time the facts and the true are far from the plan as Israel is from NZ. This time everything is proving right and beyond my expectation. For example, there is one Christian hostel in Nazareth. They are fully booked for month and a half from now. They got ... read more

We left Ein Gev this morning to head back to Jerusalem. We first stopped at the Kinneret cemetery on the south shore of the lake. Most of the people buried here were kibbutzniks from the second aliyah, who helped to build up the Galilee region. Notables buried there include the poet Rachel and the socialist Moshe Hess. We then went to the Israeli city of Nazareth-Illit, which is immediately adjacent to the Arab city of Nazareth. We met with the city's director of absorption and the deputy mayor (a Russian oleh who has been in Israel for 8 years) to discuss how the city handles the large numbers of olim who have settled here. Many of them are from the former Soviet Union, so the discussion included aspects of how this population is integrating into Israeli ... read more