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The Old City Gates   Jerusalem

The Old City Gates, Jerusalem

 20 Reviews   The Dung Gate is also known as Sha'ar Ha'ashpot or Gate of Silwan. The gate is situated near the southeast corner of the Old City, southwest of the Temple Mount. The gate is the closest to the... 

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The Western Wall (Wailing Wall)   Jerusalem

The Western Wall (Wailing Wall), Jerusalem

 22 Reviews  There is a plant between the rocks of the western wall. The name of the plant is Capparis spinosa (in hebrew it is "Tsa'laf"). There is a legend about the plant : When the romans attacked Jerusalem... 

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Outside the Wall   Jerusalem

Outside the Wall, Jerusalem

 26 Reviews   Gehenna, gehinnam, or gehinnom are terms derived from a geographical site in Jerusalem known as the Valley of Hinnom, one of the two principal valleys surrounding the Old City. Gehenna is cited in... 

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The Quarters   Jerusalem

The Quarters, Jerusalem

 12 Reviews  The Jewish Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City. The Quarter is situated in the southeastern corner of the Old City. You can enter it through the Zion Gate or the Dung Gate... 

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Temple Mount   Jerusalem

Temple Mount, Jerusalem

 12 Reviews   The Temple Mount or Noble Sanctuary is a elevated plateau in the Old City rich with history and religious importance. It is currently governed by the Waqf, or Supreme Muslim Religious Council. It has... 

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Church of Holy Sepulchre   Jerusalem

Church of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

 7 Reviews  this is a special place, always thousands of people inside, at any time of the year, hundreds of languagues are spoken , I loved to seat during hours in front of the tomb of jesus , looking at... 

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Mount of Olives   Jerusalem

Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

 7 Reviews   The Kidron Valley runs along the eastern wall of The Old City, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. The Kidron Valley is the valley on the eastern side of the Old City which features... 

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The Church of All Nations   Jerusalem

The Church of All Nations, Jerusalem

 3 Reviews  A Sunday school teacher asked the children just before she dismissed them to go to church, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" Annie replied, "Because people are sleeping." another view... 

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Via Dolorosa   Jerusalem

Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem

 3 Reviews  Repeat the way of Jesus Christ carrying his cross along Via Dolorosa to Calvary (Golgotha). Start from Lion's Gate. Stop at the places where He stopped (14 times). Reach the Church of the Holy... 

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Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial   Jerusalem

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem

 3 Reviews  Yad Vashem's task is to perpetuate the legacy of the Holocaust to future generations so that the world never forgets the horrors and cruelty of the Holocaust. Its principal missions are commemoration... 

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The Citadel (Tower of David)   Jerusalem

The Citadel (Tower of David), Jerusalem

 3 Reviews  Walking through the Tower of David Museum is like walking through a space age time capsule. In each room of this 2,000 year old citadel another era of Jerusalem’s history is detailed through state of... 

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To cross the Egypt - Israel border

by unaS

To enter Egypt using the Taba border crossing you need to get an Egyptian visa at the Consulate in Eilat. This usually is quite easy with no problems. Same day service or at most 24 hours is the worst that I have heard.At the Taba border crossing itself you can get only a Sinai visa. People with a USA passport get a free visa at any Israel border crossing.There are usually no complications crossing the Israel Egypt border, not even for Israelis or Egyptians. The hills of Judea.

Zvi Hillman if you need a guide to Jerusalem

by Martin_S.

Zvi Hillman was our guide for the VT Jerusalem 2008 meet and I had a chance to talk with him in between and afterwards. This is one informed and interesting gentleman. He was for a time the vice-director of the Israel Museum (the largest in Israel) and also lectured at several universities, including one we visited, the BYU (Brigham Young University) where we saw he was well received. During our visits to the places we visited he was totally informed, also about off the wall questions. He was also very flexible on the tour, if you finished early, it was on to the next spot, or if you wanted to spend more time, we would just change the schedule, all with the knowledge that we were seeing it like WE desired. His contacts are:E-mail: amira@013.net.ilPhone: 02-6517980Mobile: 052-3851117

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A Flair for Business

by gilabrand

The Arabs of Abu Ghosh, it seems, have always had a flair for business. Back in the olden days, the Abu Ghoshs were a powerful Bedouin family that guarded the road from Ramleh to the gates of Jerusalem. Pilgrims who passed through had to pay a toll. In the mid-19th century, both the Turkish government and the monasteries in Jerusalem decided it was worth their while to pay the Abu Ghosh clan an annual fee. For years, the main highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem ran through Abu Ghosh. The inhabitants of the village have always maintained good relations with the Jews, and despite outside pressures, they have remained loyal to the state. That has also been good for business. Arab villages are not exactly pristine, but the stone houses, perched every which way on the hills, surrounded by patches of Sabra cactus, do exude a kind of picturesque, biblical look that city-dwellers crave. The local...

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Many small places around

by Gili_S

There are many small places around Jerusalem that you can visit, wherever you go there will be something to see and to check for. There are places as Motza (Jewish), Abu Gosh (Arab) and Yad Ha Shmona (Finnish), which are just few examples of how global the culture is in this region.

Faces of Jerusalem

by yumiyun

Jerusalem cosists of mainly three different areas. The historical part is called Old City that exists within the ancient wall. New City is outside the wall located in the western part of the city. New City is more modern and gives off the atmosphere of a Western city. The third part of Jerusalem is East Jerusalem puplated mostly by Palestinians.

Old City

by yumiyun

Enclosed by the historical wall is the Old City, the holy part of the world. The Old City is divided into four quarters: The Armenian Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Jewish Quarter and the Muslim Quarter. Some parts of the Old City is quiet and serene. Other parts could be bustled with lively market scenes. I just never get tired of walking through the narrow alleys. There is a speical air in the Old City that enthralls people.

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Walk through history

by dzohar

This is where three great religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, all come together, not always very happily... The fresh air, the smell of pine trees in the Judean Hills

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