Posted on 02/26/2018 9:48:50 AM PST by Voption
Much of the world’s political troubles are centered on the question of Israel in the middle of the Middle East....I have just returned from spending two weeks in Israel, a trip I do somewhat regularly to see family. Each of these visits has given me an on-the-ground close-up look at the situation there, something that is difficult to get from the typically shallow media coverage of the region. And from each of these visits comes at least one essay, something I think is required because of Israel’s significance in much of the world’s political turmoil.... This year, we took a three day sightseeing trip to northern Israel, to visit some Roman ruins, the Sea of Galilee, and an incredible nature preserve that is the springtime home for thousands upon thousands of migrating birds. This excursion thus made this particular Israel visit far different from my half dozen or so previous trips, in that it was the first time I spent a considerable time in Israel proper. All my previous trips visiting family had me spend almost all my time going from one West Bank settlement to another.
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My wife and I visited Israel three years ago and had an amazing time. Two things that struck me were the enormous number of construction cranes- they’re everywhere-and the large number of pregnant Jewish women and young Jewish families. This is a country that believes in it’s future.
Like the writer we too visited the Golan Heights. From the balcony of the Visitor’s Center- yes, the Golan Heights has a visitor’s center complete with a gift shop- we could see smoke from the fighting just across the demarcation line. It reminded me that the Golan Heights are the only place in Syria where people live in safety, protected by the IDF.
The Middle East is full of itself
There are far more profound real estate on earth
Obviously Christ and Bethlehem are the main draws
Jerusalem will always be the center of the world’s three largest religions. History there is profound and growing.
Two religions.
The “religion” of Islam doesn’t have Jerusalem at its center. That would be Mecca. The purported importance of Jerusalem was elevated in the Muslim world after it was liberated by the Israelis.
For sure — Few (if any? Maybe none?) Moslems make a huge dramatic pilgrimmage to Jerusalem.
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