Tel Aviv Skyline

Tel Aviv and Jaffa

---

December 31st 2008
Hi Everyone-- I met a professor named Yehuda from George Mason University at a cafe this afternoon and he recommended a walking tour which took me along the Mediterranean Sea to Jaffa and back through several market areas. The sea was gorgeous but extremely windy. There were several brave men wind surfing as it actually was not all that cold. Old Jaffa is mentioned in the Old Testament and wa ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Tel Aviv District » Tel Aviv

---

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