Palestine / Israel

LOCATION: Israel and the Occupied Territories (West Bank and Gaza
Strip); Jordan; Lebanon; Syria
POPULATION: 4.5 million
LANGUAGE: Arabic
RELIGION:Jews(50%); Islam(47%); Christianity(2%); Druze 1%
Yitzhak Rabin
He was the fifth priminister of Israel serving
two terms in office,1974-77 and 1992 until his
assassination in 1995.He was award the Nobell
Peace Prize in 1994 for their efforts to
create peace in the middle east.

Yassir Arafat
He was Chairman of
the Palestine
Liberation
Organization (PLO),
President of the
Palestinian National
Authority (PNA),and
leader of the Fatah
political party and
former paramilitary
group, which he
founded in 1959.
WHERE TO GO...
 Yad Vashem Dome of The Rock
Holocaust Museum
Al-Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian
Heritage Center

Afteem Restaurant
 Location:
Old city of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem

Dome of the rock

Interested Facts:
The Dome of the Rock is built on the place where, according to Muslims belief, Muh a
h mmad ascended to heaven.
The Dome of the Rock is the oldest Islamic building to survive.
The building suffered many damages over the years and it was rebuilt several times. Last major rebuilding was done
in 1035.

a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was initially completed in 691 CE at
the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna, built on the site of the Roman temple
of Jupiter Capitolinus, which had in turn been built on the site of Herod's Temple
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Location: Old city of Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Fact
1.It isn't just one mosque

There are multiple mosques on the site that we know as masjid Al Aqsa. We think of masjid Al-Aqsa as the building at the
southernmost corner of the Mosque. In actual fact, that is the Qibly mosque so called because it is the closest to the Qibla.

2.It has been burnt down

In 1969, an Australian Zionist set fire to the mimbar of Nuruddin and the Qibly mosque itself. Since then, the mosque has
been rebuilt and refurbished, but the assaults against the 3rd holiest site in Islam continue to this day.

3.It was used as a stable, palace, and execution chamber

The point when the Initially Crusaders took Jerusalem, they discovered those lion's share of the muslim populace bolted
dependent upon On mashriq al Aqsa. They butchered harshly 70,000 for them et cetera changed over those Qibly mashriq under
a palace, those arch of the rock under An chapel, and the underground chambers under a stable.
THE GRITZ FAMILY JETTE, HERBERT AND MARLENE LACHOTSKI

Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

Lot of jews who got mudered SHOAH

ELISABETH GERSCH AND HER DAUGHTER, EVA

FLORIKA LIEBMANN
Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Interested Facts:
Over 600 photographs of victims and fragments of Pages of Testimony feature in the new Hall of Names.

The cost of building the new Holocaust History Museum was over $40 million.

The designer of the new museum and exhibits is Dorit Harel.

Jerusalem in World war II
o the first major outbreak of Palestinian-Zionist hostilities.

o Benefit for JEWS.

o Zionist is the group of people who belived in Israel.

o More Jewish people come to this country decent of the population of Jewish.

o Jews had already migrated to Palestine. During the war, different Jewish military organizations such
as Haganah, IZL, and Stern Gang remained active in the region.
-Palestinian cultural center located in Bethlehem. It was
established in 1991 by Maha Saca.

-The center contains several exhibitions on Palestinian costumes,

folklore, history, and other cultural aspects.

Palestinian Heritage Center

WHAT TO EAT...
 Palestinian Cuisine

Locate in Manger Square, Bethlehem (1h from Jerusalem)

Open time 8:00 am - 11:30 am
Recommended Food:
Fallafel *Highly Recommended*
Humus
Taybeh Beer
Musabaha

Contact : https://www.facebook.com/Afteem-Restaurant-119021774846090/#
 Musabaha

Falafel

Cucumber-tomato Salad

Humus