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Israel: Jerusalem

September 21st 2010
ISRAEL Next we went to Israel which was about half an hour away from the Dead Sea. The border is 2kms wide. I hated this border because we had to give up our passports and it was very confusing to know what was happening with our luggage. We had to go through checks for immigration and customs on the Jordan side, window 1, 2, 3 and back to 2 again. They kept our passports and then we got onto a ... 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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