Jerusalem Rooftops

This is the view from the Austrian Hospice - my newly discovered favorite look out point in the Old City.

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May 12th 2010
Even for a veteran wanderer like me, it is easy to stay for weeks at a time in the magical city of Jerusalem. But over the last little while I feel like I am riding up or down the Jerusalem hills all the time, either heading towards the west in between century-old terraces of oaks, olives, carobs and pines, or dropping down past Bedouin encampments through the ever starker and barer Judean Deser ... read more

Middle East » Israel

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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