Israel

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One of the big Israeli newspapers, English version. Hebrew one can be found at www.haaretz.co.il

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CouchSurfing is a cool place to find hosts or host people yourself. The Israel group/forum is where you can find information about Israel, post questions and just meet great people.

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The CIA's World Factbook entry about Israel

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Basic travel information, including links to individual city entries

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3'RD MILLENNIUM BC


3'rd millennium BC : The Canaanites were the earliest known inhabitants of Palestine. They became urbanized and lived in city-states, one of which was Jericho . They developed an alphabet. Palestine's location at the center of routes linking three continents made it the meeting place for religious and cultural influences from Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor. It was also the natural battleground for the great powers of the region and subject to domination by adjacent empires, beginning with Egypt in the 3d millennium BC.

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When I was 18 years old I went all by myself to Israel to work in a kibbutz and later in a moshav. I travelled in the country and met lots of interesting people. I spoke to volunteers, tourists, druze, jews, palestinians, a twin that worked for the cantonese police and many others.

In the moshav I was one of 4 girls (there were about 96 male volunteers: drug-addicts, refugees, criminals). It was very rough.
A German refugee (had an open hospital account in Egypt) was pissed on daily by a group of drunken English.