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The Birth of Christ/The Agony of Christ

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February 15th 2014
After breakfast we went to Bethlehem in Palestinian Authority Occupied Territory. There is a check point and it sometimes requires your Passport to enter this city just 5 miles south of Jerusalem. The city is partially walled off by a wall similar to the Berlin Wall. A sad sight in such a holy place where we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. In the Church of the Nativity (Greek Ortho ... 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