One Long Day Photo 2

One Long Day

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August 1st 2011
Looking back over the last weeks and months, it feels as if we've been flowing down a swiftly moving river. Then in the days and hours before our departure that river turned to rapids that sucked us along until we spilled out in Jerusalem yesterday morning at 6:00 a.m., our gear strewn around the apartment which, hopefully soon, will feel like our new home. For all the twists and turns in R ... 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