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gibeah to kiryat-yearim

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September 25th 2017
woke up for the last time in jerusalem this morning we head to the old testement and north to gibeah of saul and a vantage point tel al ful where king Husain of Jordan started to build a palace on the top of the hill in 1965 but it was never finished but here was probably the site of king sauls palace as he reigned from gibeah for 38 yrs from here we can clearly see michmash where the philistines ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Givat Ze'ev

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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