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Dead Sea, Masada, Bethlehem

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January 19th 2009
Well today we officially go into Palestinian territories to go to Bethlehem! (finally) The lovely Sister Gemma is taking a few of us because the Israelis aren't allowed to go there. Poor Rachel, "the only Jew on the bus" as she likes to put it, haha. On Saturday we went on a HUGE trip down to the Jordan Valley, past the Palestinian city of Jericho, along the banks of the Dead Sea to the histori ... read more

Middle East » Israel » West Bank » Bethlehem

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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