Masada

was a winter palace built by King Herod on a high flat rock rising 1300- feet out of the desert. Here close to 1000 Jews escaped the Romans and lived for 2 1/2 years (the Romans couldn't scale it).

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Israel & 2 of 3 Palestinian States

March 18th 2001
March of 2001, spent a few weeks in Israel and 2 of the 3 Palestinian territories (the Golan Heights and the West Bank). ... read more

Middle East » Israel

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

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