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I Never Got Used To The Guns MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] It seems that every time you turn around in Israel you seem someone with a gun. In a crowded restaurant I had to ask a man to move his gun so I could sit in the seat beside him. Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Festivals \| Women & Travel \| 20th Century History \| Traditions \| Culture \| People \| Photography \| Working Abroad \| Religion \| Fashion \| Nature \| War & Conflict
WoW - Women at the Wall Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] Jewish women risk arrest, insults to pray at the Western Wall, the holiest place in Judaism... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Religion
Israel on the Web ThingsAsian - ta [3,710] CIA World Factbook . On 24 June 2002, President Bush laid out a "road map" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This site is full of facts such as this, mixed with key data about the... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel
The(com)Promised Land Dispatch 3: Shabbat in Jerusalem - Of Wine and Walls Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] I found the 8.5 x 11" poster on a stack inside the Jewish Student Information Center. A crude photocopy, in black and white, it showed a scene from Seinfeld, with Kramer leaning hilariously into the... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Travel \| People \| Religion \| 20th Century History \| Traditions \| War & Conflict
The(com)Promised Land Dispatch 1: Tel Aviv Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 23 February 2004 / Heathrow To A Scary Place A deep and scary place, Israel. It seems almost unsurprising that, on the Piccadilly line on the way to London Heathrow, I spied the headline on the first... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Travel
The (com)Promised Land Dispatch 5: Kingdoms of Sand and Stone Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] I'll tell you what I love. I love standing in the dusty no-man's-land between two borders, feeling the wind blow and reading signs in two languages. Behind me, the high, tight fences and ironic... Destinations: Amman \| Jerusalem \| Jordan \| Israel Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| 20th Century History \| War & Conflict \| Ancient History
The(com)Promised Land Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Join travel writer Jeff Greenwald, the author of Shopping for Buddhas , The Size of the World , and Scratching the Surface , on his first trip to Israel. The (com)Promised Land: Dispatches from Israel... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Travel \| People \| Photography \| 20th Century History \| War & Conflict
The(com)Promised Land Dispatch 4: Wall-Eyed Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Damascus Gate was nearly empty at 9 a.m., the sun leaning lightly on the flagstones of East Jerusalem. I bought the Herald Tribune and read about Mars, waiting for the woman who would be my liaison in... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: People \| Religion \| 20th Century History \| War & Conflict \| Ancient History
The (com)Promised Land: Dispatches from Israel & Beyond Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Join travel writer Jeff Greenwald, the author of Shopping for Buddhas , The Size of the World , and Scratching the Surface , on his first trip to Israel. These real-time dispatches, sponsored by... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion \| Traditions \| Ancient History \| Ecotourism
Destination: Israel Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Dear Cyberpals, In 1994, to celebrate my 40th birthday, I circumambulated the globe without the benefit of airplanes. During that 9-month, 29,157-mile odyssey, I became the first travel writer to... Destinations: Jerusalem \| Israel Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| 20th Century History

Armed soldier on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem

I Never Got Used To The Guns

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

It seems that every time you turn around in Israel you seem someone with a gun. In a crowded restaurant I had to ask a man to move his gun so I could sit in the seat beside him.

Destinations: Jerusalem | Israel
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Festivals | Women & Travel | 20th Century History | Traditions | Culture | People | Photography | Working Abroad | Religion | Fashion | Nature | War & Conflict

WoW - Women at the Wall

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

Jewish women risk arrest, insults to pray at the Western Wall, the holiest place in Judaism...

Destinations: Jerusalem | Israel
Topics: Religion

Israel on the Web

ThingsAsian - ta [3,710]

CIA World Factbook . On 24 June 2002, President Bush laid out a "road map" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This site is full of facts such as this, mixed with key data about the...