Dome of the Rock 2

End of Session One

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July 16th 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 I had a fairly exciting day today. Arlette and I joined the yeshiva participants on a bus ride to the Kotel where they went for morning prayers that we skipped out on. Instead, she and I visited the Temple Mount, or Haram Esh Sharif in Islam, where there are two mosques important to Muslims. I have never been on the other side of the Wall, literally and figuratively, so ... 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