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Golan Heights

Internationally recognised as Syrian territory, the Golan Heights has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. Antony was keen to see the area so we hired a car for a day from Tiberias and set off to the north east of the Sea of Galilee. First stop Mount Bental for amazing panoramic views of the area. After Israel captured Golan Heights from Syria in 1967, it was under Israeli military administration but then in 1981 Israel passed a law to administer it as […]

Sea of Galilee

Our 3 week housesit was up and it was time to leave Jerusalem, a city we had become so familiar with. We took a bus to Tiberias, located by the Sea of Galilee. We walked uphill from the bus station to our air bnb – which had sensational views. All we wanted to do was stay on the verandah and look out at the lake… known by locals as Kinneret or Lake Tiberias. Our host was a lovely Jewish woman who greeted us warmly, […]

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Famous as the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem is a small city in Palestine, whose residents are living with the severe inconvenience and economic impacts of a huge wall that Israel has erected. Not only does it impair residents ability to commute to work in Israel and the West Bank, it cuts many residents off from their own farm land. 🙁 It is illegal for Israelis to travel to Bethlehem (or any other town in Palestine), but plenty of tourists make the short trip from […]

Christian Jerusalem (1 of 2)

Jerusalem has so many Christian hot-spots: where Jesus had his last supper (Mt Zion), taught, rested and prayed (Mount of Olives), did miracles, agonised (Gethsemene) and where he was crucified (now Church of Holy Sepulchre). I’ll cover these and more… but first something I should have mentioned in my Holiday Season post… I witnessed and accidentally got stuck in the middle of the Jerusalem March, an event during Sukkot that has people of all nations march for a few hours through the streets singing […]