It was a difficult month for me because I simply wanted to show you the beauty of the given area without mentioning its political situation, but the “politics” it’s part of it…
I hope you still enjoyed the pictures. 🙂
Tel Aviv or Tel Aviv-Yafo is a city located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline.
Sea of Galilee (also called Lake Tiberias or Yam Kinneret) is a “biblical” lake in Israel.
Nazareth is an Israel’s largest Arab city and also one with important Christian sites.
Masada National Park is the great archaeological UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It’s an ancient fortress located on a flat plateau above the Dead Sea.
These days, you can also be baptised in River Jordan or just buy as a souvenir a symbolic bottle of water.
The main attraction in Beit Shean is the Archaeological National Park with the best-preserved ancient ruins in the Middle East.
Usually, when I describe a given country, I write what’s the capital and some basic information about the country/place/state. I’m not going to do it this time.
Please, let’s enjoy the interesting places in Israel & Palestinian Territories in general.
I’m aware, it’s like being an ignorant tourist, but in this situation it’s better to keep it this way.
So in this area, there are countries/states and they are not internationally recognized, i.e., some parts are not even recognized by United Nations.
Palestine is a geographic region.
There is also a territory occupied by Israel called Palestine or the State of Palestine; that includes the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem.
Palestinian Territories or Occupied Palestinian Territories also mean the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem.
And then, in between and around, is Israel.
It’s complicated, let’s leave it like it is,
tomorrow, one more confusing information.
No, I’m not going to talk about politics as I mentioned yesterday, but only want to explain some of the wordings I decided to use.
I wasn’t sure how to call this month series. It could be “Israel & Occupied Territories”, or “Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories”. I chose the name “Israel & Palestinian Territories” that sounds to me the most neutral. At the end, my goal is to show you my travel impressions from a given area.
This month, I’ll show you my pictures from the trip to Israel and Palestinian Territories. I want to show you interesting places I’ve visited and don’t want to talk about politics or current situation at all. I know, it may be not fair, but this is way too complicated for the travel blog, and I don’t feel competent enough to write about it.
So please, enjoy all places and pictures and let’s not talk about politics.