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9 Facts about the Western Wall, Jerusalem

  Picture Courtesy www.JerusalemShots.com Picture Courtesy www.JerusalemShots.com   The Western is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. The Western Wall is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple’s courtyard and is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism [...]

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10 Facts about the Walls of Jerusalem

  1 2 The Walls of Jerusalem surround the area of the old city of Jerusalem. The walls were built between the years 1535–1538, during the reign of the Ottoman empire in the region of Palestine, by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. The length of the wall is 4,018 km (2,496.6 mi), their average [...]

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Wagtails – Signs of Autumn in Israel

  Appearance of the wagtails (Nachlieli in Hebrew) bird is among the known signs for Autumn in Israel The wagtails form the passerine bird genus Motacilla. They are small birds with long tails which they wag frequently. Motacilla, the root of the family and genus name, means moving tail. The Forest Wagtail belongs to the [...]

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