Israel and You Spaces and Places in Israel
Golan Volcanos Bental is not a tel (archaeological mound). It is a volcano, or was a volcano, and so should be called Mount Bental, or Har Bental. Mount Bental is a ...
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Attractions
Damascus Gate and Beit HaBad Street Market
Damascus Gate (Sha’ar Shechem) The Old City’s Damascus Gate (Bab Alamud, Sha’ar Shechem) is the main point of entry into the Muslim Quarter. Built in 1542 by Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the ...
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The Center for Creative Ecology The Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology (CfCE) is rooted in “Tikkun Olam” — the Jewish concept for repairing and transforming the world – ...
Read More »Research and Development in the Arava
The Research and Development in the Arava Valley – ערבה was initiated in 1986 in the framework of Negev-Arava R&D, aiming to serve the developmental needs of the new settlements as ...
Read More »Eilat Underwater Observatory Marine Park
Coral World Underwater Observatory and Marine Park Located just south of Coral Beach, this fascinating complex consists of three one-story buildings on the beach with distinctive rounded roofs and two ...
Read More »Hai-Bar Wildlife Preserve
Hai-Bar Wildlife Preserve – שמורת טבע חי–בר יוטבתה was founded in the beginning of the 70’s to re-introduce wild animals that are mentioned in the Bible, and are now extinct or close ...
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Five sandstone pillars at the foot of the western cliff of the Amram crater, at the source of Nakhal Amram. Next to the pillars is a concentration of copper-digging burrows ...
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Eilat Bird Watching Park – פארק הצפרות אילת Birding Park Eilat – An activity center for birdwatchers, with an office that organizes tours of the beautiful park during the migration seasons. ...
Read More »Tel Yizrael
Ahab’s Yizrael – תל יזרעאל Yizrael (Jezreel) was a major Biblical city, and at the 9th C BC it was the northern capital of the Israel Kingdom. The Bible tells ...
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Tzipori National Park – גן לאומי ציפורי On the hill of Tzipori (Sepphoris), which is located in the Lower Galilee region just across the valley from my home in Hoshaya, are found the remains ...
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