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Middle East chronicles: Jerusalem
Finally Jerusalem. I can’t wait to get there and already in the morning my excitement tricked me as I went to the grocery shop outside the hostel, bought what I thought was milk and realized it was...
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Middle East Chronicles: Nablus
We only have a couple of hours to visit Nablus and we’re also a bit tired from our rushed visit to Ramallah and in fact we end up falling asleep on the van on our way there. As soon as we get there we...
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Middle East Chronicles: Bethlehem
Nearly all travellers arrive via Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Since Bethlehem is administered by the Palestinian Authority, an Israeli military checkpoint stands on the road connecting the two locations. If...
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Middle East Chronicles: Hebron
Hebron is mentioned in the Bible as the home of Abraham, and the burial place of him and several generations of his family. In King David’s time, Hebron was briefly the capital of the Israelite state,...
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The Israeli disappointment and the Jordanian surprise
Before leaving to the Middle East, I wasn’t completely unprepared. I knew all about the conflicts of the region, the history, the Israeli-Palestinian question, the economy, the Arab springs etc.....
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