Mike Levitt
Mar 13, 2017
Route 90 Road trip - טיול בכביש 90 - The Jordan Valley Memorial
The Jordan Valley Memorial strikingly overlooks Route 90. When we visited there were just a few cars with Palestinian number plates,...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 13, 2017
Route 90 Road trip - טיול בכביש 90 - Around Jericho
Right at the start of the northern section of route 90, the section known as Derech Gandi (Gandhi's Road) after the assassinated Minister...
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Mike Levitt
Mar 13, 2017
Route 90 Road trip - טיול בכביש 90
Route 90 is the longest Israeli road, at about 480 kilometres (300 mi), and stretches from Metula and the northern border with Lebanon,...
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[Photo credits: Michael]
Mar 6, 2017
Goats with the Wind, Har Hashabi (חלב עם הרוח, הר השאבי)
"Goats with the Wind," a picturesque site on Mount Hashabi, without electricity and found at the end of dirt tracks from Yodfat, is...
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[Photo credits: Michael unless otherwise stated]
Mar 6, 2017
Bat Galim (בת גלים) - Daughter of the waves
The Casino - which despite its name was never a casino - on the sea front at Bat Galim in 1947 [Credit: public domain; The David B....
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[Photo credits: Michael & Riva]
Dec 19, 2016
Hula Valley (עמק החולה): wetlands and autumn leaves
The Hula valley originally comprised vast (and malarial) wetlands, centring on lake Hula itself - an ancient body of water known to the...
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Photo credits: Yonatan Levitt
Nov 18, 2016
Bustan Nof Meshutaf – בוסתן נוף משותף – بستان رأي مشترك
I had heard about a multicultural bustan (orchard) near to Mitspe Aviv, in which Jews and Arabs came together, built in memory of the...
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Photo credits: Yonatan Levitt & Michael Levitt
Nov 11, 2016
Rabbis in Arab Towns - Sakhnin (סחנין, سخنين) and Arrabe (ערבה, عرّابة)
Sadly the media has established the stereotype of claims and counter-claims by Jews and Arabs for ancient tombs and - worse - images of...
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Mike Levitt
Nov 6, 2016
Horvat Rosh Zayit
Horvat Rosh Zayit, simply a Hebrew rendition of the Arabic Khirbet Ras Zetun, which means the "Ruins at Olive Point," is a site from the...
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Mike Levitt
Aug 12, 2016
Al-Bassa' البصة (ancient Betzet, בצת)
On our way to Keshet Cave, we drove into Shlomi and found a bakery to stock up for our picnic. The bakery was north of the route 899...
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