View from our hotel room

Exploring Jerusalem

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June 24th 2007
After our short stay in Tel Aviv, we drove to Jerusalem. This is a beautiful drive up into the hills through forests that have only existed since the State of Israel was founded. I had visited Jerusalem 13 years earlier, and much had changed since then; there was a lot that I did not recognize. The city is a mix of the old and new, the ancient is being rediscovered while the modern is being impos ... 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