2-2-2011 Jerusalem Photo 17

2-2-2011 Jerusalem

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February 4th 2011
Today is our last day. Following breakfast, packing the bus, and checking out of the hotel, we left for our final activities around Jerusalem. Our tour host surprised us with a visit to the Israeli Holocaust Museum which was something many in our group wanted to do. But first off to the Garden Tomb. The Garden Tomb is the place where Jesus' body was laid and the stone rolled over the entranc ... read more

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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