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massada

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July 9th 2015
today was the best day so far some of our group Ruth George Jordan and Abraham went up the snake path at 4am and saw the sunset george will have photos the rest of us went up by cable car at 8am Massada is amazing when you come face to face with it you wonder at the tenacity and persistence of the Romans faced with a seemingly impossible task of laying siege to a mountain and you can understand ... 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