Jerusalem

Jerusalem, the City of Cities

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March 7th 2006
Early in the morning we were picked up from our hotel and started to head towards Jerusalem. The trip was quite short and we arrived soon at the City Centre of Jerusalem. After the arrival we started the city trip by visiting the tomb of King David which is located on Mount Zion. King David's Tomb is a site viewed as the burial place of David, King of Israel, according to a tradition beginning in ... 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