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Just A Fun Day

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March 2nd 2011
Today was a very fun day. It started with a beautiful sunrise. The weather has really been wonderful since we got here. After breakfast, we drove to the Tisch Family Zoological Park in the hills of Yerushalayim. Yes, that's right...we came all the way to Israel and visited the zoo. The whole group is really a bunch of nature lovers, and we couldn't pass up an opportunity to visit the zoo. We ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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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