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Post by Jaga on Nov 9, 2022 22:19:45 GMT -7
Hello all, sorry for not writing about the trip. The trip is super intense. We are in Jerusalem now after visiting Nazareth, sea of Galilee and Jericho. It is a beautiful trip. We met plenty of Poles in our group, also our hotel has at least 4 Polish tv channels. It is a small world. Everybody is super nice.
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Post by karl on Nov 10, 2022 10:29:54 GMT -7
Jaga
Thank you for saving some time to provide the forum of your experience in Israel. It is to be fully realized a trip visit such as you are doing is often quite hectic with travel arrangements and to see and visit all that you can with the time provided.
It is good you have the good fortune to make such nice contacts with other Polish people in your Israel travels.
Stay safe and enjoy your time in Israel.
Karl
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Post by pieter on Nov 10, 2022 15:09:57 GMT -7
Jaga,
I understand your travel has a religious Roman Catholic nature and I saw your Facebook reports. You went to the baptismal site at Jordan River - which is a boarder between Jordan and Israel- and you were in the church of nativity that is administered by Greek Orthodox, Armenian church and also Roman Catholics.
These old Christian churches were built on the Jordania site of the river crossing. According to the bible this is a place when John was doing the baptismal rites. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook)
This was a group on a Jordan site - you can also see some soldiers. But they were friendly. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
You went to famous Jericho in West Bank, a town on the brink of desert and we got swamped with the rain. Then we went through a real desert, temptation site for Jesus with the view at orthodox monastery. Finally we entered Jerusalem.
You went to Cana of Galilei where Jesus changed water into wine and also to Nazareth, where Jesus lived as a boy.
The Annunciation Cathedral is huge and contains three different churches from the time of Jesus Christ, Crusaders and the New Church. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
Couples from many countries (here are pholoponoa) came to renew theirarriahe wovs in Cana of Galilean. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
You saw Mount Tabor famous for Jesus transfiguration in the presence of Moses and Elijah, and with a beautiful church; as well as a visit to Philippian Caesarea, the most northern spot where Jesus went with Zeus old temple excavation, and also one of the springs that form Jordan River.
There are archeological excavations taking place at Caesarea Philippi right now. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
Banias (Arabic: بانياس الحولة; Modern Hebrew: בניאס; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: פמייס, etc.; Ancient Greek: Πανεάς) is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until it was abandoned and destroyed following the Six Day War.[3] It is located at the foot of Mount Hermon, north of the Golan Heights, in the part of Syria occupied and annexed by Israel. The spring is the source of the Banias River, one of the main tributaries of the Jordan River. Archaeologists uncovered a shrine dedicated to Pan and related deities, and the remains of an ancient city founded sometime after the conquest by Alexander the Great and inhabited until 1967; the ancient city was mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark by the name of Caesarea Philippi.
This sunset was just gorgeous on the way back to Tiberias at sea of Galilee. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
Transfiguration chapel at mount Tabor. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
You were in Tiberius at sea of Galilee. You were below sea level there.
You were in Caesarea, an affluent town in north-central Israel, which inherits its name and much of its territory from the ancient city of Caesarea Maritima (Greek: Καισάρεια). Located midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa on the coastal plain near the city of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council.
Caesarea at the sea build by Herod and ruled by Pontius Pilate. Photo: Jaga Urban-Klaehn (Facebook).
The ancient city of Caesarea Maritima was built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE as a major port. It was ruled by Pontius Pilat. It served as an administrative center of the province of Judaea (later named Syria Palaestina) in the Roman Empire, and later as the capital of the Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima. During the Muslim conquest in the 7th century, it was the last city of the Holy Land to fall to the Arabs. The city degraded to a small village after the provincial capital was moved from here to Ramla and had an Arab majority until Crusader conquest. Under the Crusaders it became once again a major port and a fortified city. It was diminished after the Mamluk conquest. In 1884, Bosniak immigrants settled there establishing a small fishing village.[4] In 1940, kibbutz Sdot Yam was established next to the Bosniak village. In February 1948, the Bosniak village was conquered by a Palmach unit commanded by Yitzhak Rabin, its people already having fled following an earlier attack by the Lehi paramilitary group. In 1952, the modern Jewish town of Caesarea was established near the ruins of the old city, which in 2011 were incorporated into the newly created Caesarea National Park.
You landed in Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport on Friday and spend your first day in Netanya at the coast on Saturday, the day of the Sabbath, a day set aside for rest and worship in Judaism. You went to the Modern city of Tel Avid and saw it's skyline by night. You must have seen and experienced a lot Jaga.
Facebook Photo Jaga Urban-Klaehn
Cheers, Pieter
Source; Jaga's Facebook page
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Post by Jaga on Nov 11, 2022 11:45:48 GMT -7
Pięter, it is so wonderful that you posted my pictures and info here for all to see. Karl, thank you also for your note. Today we woke up early but we came back earlier also. Everybody is super nice to us. I hope it is not only because we are considered wealthy American guests. It is much more peaceful even in west Gaza than what I expected The one time I was upset - when in front of Bethlejem Christian church there were megaphones with ritual Islam prayers It was obvious that this was by purpose targeted at christians there Yes, I saw some political signs on both sites and see people dressed in traditional outfits, but frankly I saw only one wen in full burka sofar. This is less than in Frankfur 5 years ago.
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Post by pieter on Nov 11, 2022 15:33:52 GMT -7
Jaga,
Did you also went to the holy sites of Islam and Judaism or only the christian ones. The temple mount, Western Wall (the Wailing Wall) and did you see Haredim or Hassidic Jews. From your last descriptions it seems that you only encountered Islam and Christianity. Tel Aviv in my point of view is a secular, leftist, liberal city, similar to San Francisco, Barcelona and Cape Town. Jerusalem is a religious city of Orthodox Jews, Muslims (Eastern-Jerusalem) and Christians.
It is not good if people show disrespect for other religions, like the Sunni Muslim Palestinian Muslims whom with their extremely loud Megaphones called for prayer or prayed. These are people who disrespect the Christian place of worship in Bethlehem and try to intimidate or convert them. Very irritating indeed. That is unfortunately a Muslim habit. They only see their religion as the true faith and the christians and Jews as people of the book, but not Muslims.
I am curious what political signs You saw. Election posters for the Israeli elections, Hamas, Fatah and PFLP or Islamic Jihad posters on the Palestinian side, posters with Palestinian martyrs or other other political signs?
Cheers, Pieter
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Post by jeanne on Nov 11, 2022 17:35:38 GMT -7
Hello Jaga,
From what Pieter has posted here, it appears that you had a wonderful trip to the Holy Land! You are fortunate to be able to travel there!
Thanks to Pieter for posting the photos!
Jeanne
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Post by Jaga on Nov 13, 2022 22:50:29 GMT -7
Hello Jeanne, it is so good to hear from you. Yes, pięter does a wonderful job to post my pictures from the Facebook and then to add extra information about visited places It is a very intense but good trip
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Post by Jaga on Nov 13, 2022 22:54:38 GMT -7
Pięter, yes I saw the pictures of Palestinian martyrs when I was in Bethlehem. In Israel I saw the signs of elections, I saw the picture of netanyahu on the bus, but only once. The majority of politicians are men, I only saw one wan picture among 4 people for one party. The political signs are not very loud
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