honour

When Saturday becomes Sunday...or something like that...

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December 7th 2010
I had the shock of my life last Friday. I went on a full day tour of the Mount of Olives (many sacred Christian and Jewish sites, primarily the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus was arrested) and when we got back to Old Jerusalem I noticed incredible hustle and bustle and running around. At one corner there was a "traffic jam" where a group of Muslims was rushing off to the Temple Mount, a group of ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa

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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