The Old City

The Old City

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January 23rd 2007
Yesterday was the first official day of classes and our first feild trip into the old city of Jerusalem. We had class at 8am from 10am and then got on the bus to travel to the old city, which is only about a 30-35 minute drive from the Moshav. The first thing which is visible from the bus were the city walls, which kind of reminded me of the Great Wall of China in some weird sense. The old city i ... 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