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jerusalem

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July 13th 2015
Today was a bit lighter but still with some exiting events we walked to the jaffa gate which is now only a 20 min walk we have been on that walk now a number of times and each time we find a shorter way, we actually realized that we have been walking through Gehenna (the valley of Hinnom) but now instead of a rubbish dump it is a garden at the jaffa gate we went up onto the wall of the old c ... 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