leaving Tel Aviv

Israël and Egypt 2012

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May 3rd 2012
The second day of touring was intense: Caesarea, the region of Samaria, the Plains of Sharon, Megiddo, the Valley of Jizreel, Mount Carmel, Kishon Valley, Haifa and Tiberias.....yes, I am serious. Driving out of Tel Aviv, we learned about the kibboutz, the Hebrew word for communal settlement. The original kibboutz were built on the communist model - babies were taken at 3 months of age and were ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Center District

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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