Palestinian Authority
1988 - 2017
Previously referred to as the "West Bank" - and now by some as "Palestine"
Bethlehem
Bethlehem 2017 - Qalqiliyah 2009 - Monastery of the Temptation 2006 - Anti-terrorist Fence 2006 - Jordan Valley 2006 - Qumran Caves 2006 - Bethlehem 1988
Note of the use of putative country name Palestine
St Catherine's church
St Catherine's church
St Catherine's church
Church of the Nativity
Mosque on Manger Square
Church of the Nativity
Church of the Nativity
Church of the Nativity
Church of the Nativity
Old inscriptions discovered during refurbishing
Mosaic floors
Mosaic floors
State of Palestine - Electronic gateway for government services
Palestine license plate - the Arabic letter is an F, for Filistin (Palestine)
The Israeli anti-terrorist barrier - note the tower. The sign points to a car parking area.
The Israeli anti-terrorist barrier
The Israeli anti-terrorist barrier - covered with anti-Israel graffiti
The Israeli anti-terrorist barrier - covered with anti-Israel graffiti - note the rockand bomb throwers
The Israeli anti-terrorist barrier - covered with anti-Israel graffiti
Image of Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who is notorious for her role in
a 1969 hijacking
and one of four simultaneous hijackings the following year as part of Black September.
Distant view of Jerusalem over the wall from the West Bank
Palestinian Police - Police center of the city of Bayt Laham (Bethlehem)
Shawarma - note the use of the new electric meat shaver - sort of takes the charm out of the whole process
Falafel
Google Earth image of security wall shown in photograph below between Qalqiliyah and Israel
Note that the town is completely sealed from Israel - residents from both sides used to move back and forth - no more
Security wall between Qalqiliyah (top) and Israel at Israel's narrowest point (7.5 miles)
Security wall between Qalqiliyah and Israel at Israel's narrowest point (7.5 miles)
Security wall between Qalqiliyah and Israel at Israel's narrowest point (7.5 miles)
Google Earth image of Israeli military position and gate in photographs below
Check the fence and gate at Google Earth 32 11 35.36N/34 59 57.52E
Israeli military position
Gate from inside the Palestinian area
Gate from inside the Palestinian area
Israeli military post, gate and road from the Palestinian side
Israeli patrol
June 4, 1967 border road between Israel (right) and then-Jordan
June 4, 1967 border road between Israel (right) and then-Jordan
Section of the security fence
Palestinian police post
Palestinian town on West Bank
Life on the West Bank
Men playing "tawlah"
Eurasian jay - sitting on fence that marks the June 4, 1967 border between Israel and then-Jordan (now the West Bank)
Lt Col (res) Danny Grossman, Rick and Maj Gen (res) Uzi Dayan
- Danny flew F-4's in both the USAF and IAF
- Uzi is the former commander of Central Command and proponent of the security barrier
Monastery of the Temptation
2006
The Monastery of the Temptation (Dayr al-Quruntal) is an Orthodox monastery located in the West Bank along a cliff overlooking the city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley. It is built on the slopes of the Mount of Temptation, rising 350 meters above sea level. The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan.
IDF Major Kaufmann briefing on the fence
Helicopter tour route - from Netanya to the Golan Heights
Barrier along the main north-south highway near Raanana-Qalqiliyah
Barrier between Palestinian city (above) and Israel
Wall and tower - Palestinian area to the left
Tower inside Israel
Palestinian town above, Israel (they favor red roofs) below - note tower
Tower in Israel - irrigation available, thus greenery
Israeli settlement completely protected by the barrier
Generally, the side with trees and greenery is in Israel
Flying in the Jordan Valley at an altitude of 275 feet below sea level
The border with Jordan
The border with Jordan
The border with Jordan
The border with Jordan
The border with Jordan
The Jordan River
Crocodiles
Bedu on his horse
Bedu camp
Ruins used by Israeli military
Israeli communications intercept facility
Jordan across the Dead Sea
Qumran Caves are a series of caves, some natural, some artificial, found around the archaeological site of Qumranin the Judean desert on the West Bank. It is in a number of these caves that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Church of the Nativity
Humility Door of the Church of the Nativity
Altar in the Church of the Nativity
Church of the Nativity
Altar in the Church of the Nativity
Mosque on Manger Square
Spot marking the spot of the birth of Jesus in the Church of the Nativity