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Category Archives: Galilee
What Lies Behind (and Beneath) Israel’s JNF Forests? Nine minutes with Jonathan Cook | VIDEO
JNF, the Jewish National Fund, an international Zionist charity that today holds semi-governmental authority in Israel. Among the very earliest of Zionist entities, it was founded in 1901 for the purpose of buying and developing land for Jewish settlement in … Continue reading
A Slice of History: The Zionist Commander Who Saved Nazareth
THIS STORY has intrigued me ever since I first heard it, especially having lived in Nazareth for 3-1/2 years of my Holy Land sojourn. One might wish it were a straight-out “feel good” story, but it’s not–history is never that … Continue reading
Posted in Galilee, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Modern History, Nazareth
Tagged 1948 War, Ben Dunkelman, Nakba, Nazareth
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Deck the Halls, Ring in the New. Or not…
Another straight-shooting piece by Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook. It is reproduced below in full (including links to sources), without comment. The article is found on-line at Cook’s web-site HERE. <> <> <> The terror lurking in a Christmas tree Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Galilee, Holidays, Israel-Palestine Scene, Nazareth, New Years, Palestinian Christians, Politics, Religion
Tagged Christmas, Galilee, Jonathan Cook, kosher, Nazareth, New Years, Shimon Gapso, Upper Nazareth
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“Afghanistan” in Israel: Ultra-Orthodox severely damage Hamat Tiberias mosaic
Vandals attacked the ancient synagogue mosaic floor of Hamat Tiberias Monday night, causing severe and perhaps irreparable damage. The synagogue lies within a national park site on the southern outskirts of the modern city of Tiberias, on the western shore … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Archaeology, Galilee, Israel-Palestine Scene, Issues in Archaeology, PHOTOS
Tagged Hamat Tiberias, Haredim, mosaic, synagogue, Tibrias, ultra-Orthodox
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The Historic Valley Railway featured on a new Israeli stamp
This post began with a tiny postage stamp — and then began to grow, finally encompassing bits of biblical history, the roll-out of a new interpretive center, and a major rail infrastructure project just getting underway here in Israel — plus links to … Continue reading
Posted in Galilee, Modern History, Stamps
Tagged Galilee, Hejaz Railway, Jezreel Valley, Kfar Yehoshua, Moreh, Railroads, Tabor, Valley Railway
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Galilee ‘Trail Wars’ heat up — “Jesus” vs. “Gospel”
Much has already been written about the two Christian-oriented hiking routes through the Lower Galilee, one a private initiative and the other a project of the Israeli government, both starting (at different points) in Nazareth and ending at Capernaum, and … Continue reading
Posted in Galilee, Israel-Palestine Scene
Tagged Galilee, Gospel Trail, Jesus Trail, Trails & Hiking
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