Davidka Square

Detail InformationEdit Davidka Square is a public square at the intersection of Jaffa Road, Street of the Prophets, and Kiach Road in Jerusalem, Israel. Its official name is Kikar Haherut. It features a small memorial to the Davidka, a homemade Israeli mortar used in the defense of Jerusalem and other cities during the 1948 War […]

Battir

Battir is an ancient town located in the West Bank, 5km west of Bethlehem, and south west of Jerusalem. Battir sits just above the railway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which also served as the armistice line between Israel and Jordan . Today Battir is administered by the Palestinian National Authority. Battir is located on […]

Temple Mount

Detail InformationEdit The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew, and in Arabic (and in Islam) as the Haram Ash-Sharif, is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years. At least four religions are known to have used the Temple […]

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Detail InformationEdit The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also called the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians, is a church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. It is a few steps away from the Muristan. The site is venerated as Golgotha (the Hill of Calvary), where Jesus was crucified, and is said also […]

Har HaMenuchot

Detail InformationEdit Har HaMenuchot is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. It is at the west edge of the City adjacent to the neighborhood of Givat Shaul, with commanding views of Mevaseret Zion to the north, Motza to the west, and Har Nof to the south. When Har HaMenuchot opened in 1951, it greatly expanded […]

Western Stone

Detail InformationEdit The Western Stone, located in the northern section of Wilson’s Arch, is a monolithic stone block forming part of the lower level of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Weighing 517 tonnes (570 short tons), it is one of the largest building blocks in the World. The stone is 13.6 meters (44.6 feet) long […]

Mount Herzl

Detail InformationEdit Mount Herzl , also Har HaZikaron , is the national cemetery of Israel on the west side of Jerusalem. It is named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Herzl’s tomb lies at the top of the hill. Yad Vashem, which commemorates the Holocaust, lies to the west of Mt. Herzl. […]

Ashdod

Ashdod is the sixth-largest City in Israel, located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast, located 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of Tel Aviv and 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Ashkelon and 53 kilometres (33 mi) west of Jerusalem. Ashdod is an important regional industrial Center. HistoryEdit N.A. Places to […]

Khirbet Beit Lei

Detail InformationEdit Khirbet Beit Lei, Khirbet Beit Lehi or Beth Loya is an archaeological tell in the Judean lowlands, of Israel. It is located about 5.5 km southeast of Beth Guvrin on a hill 400 m above sea level. During the construction of a road in 1961, an ancient burial complex was discovered ten miles […]

Mahmood Mosque

Detail InformationEdit The Mahmood Mosque in Kababir near Haifa was built by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the late 1970s. The neighbourhood’s first mosque on Mount Carmel was built in 1931, and a larger grand mosque in the 1970s. The grand mosque has two white minaretes standing 35 metres tall, which dominate the low-rise skyline of […]