Grape vines and flowering meadows

Visit to Bethlehem & the West Bank

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March 12th 2010
Passover is already in the air. The supermarkets are displaying cleaning materials (including toothbrushes) and matzah and we recently got a notice at Mandel that following our usual Monday "tea time" in two weeks, we will be packing up the cups. Cafes and restaurants are starting to post notices about whether they will be open or closed during the holiday and people are talking about their vaca ... 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