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Jerusalem
Five Days in Jerusalem

June 15th 2009
Greetings; and apologies for the delay, but Jub was sending out cover letters this past week. Oh, is that you, Reality? From Jordan, we crossed over the King Hussein Bridge into Israel. In the preceding two months, we'd interacted with basically zero working women, since almost all the waiters, store and hotel clerks in India, Egypt, and Jordan were male. This made for an interesting contrast ... read more
Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

Israeli Flag 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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