Milestones Israel » Jerusalem http://www.milestonesisrael.com Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:50:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 The Burma Road Saves Jerusalem http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2013/06/11/the-burma-road-saves-jerusalem/ http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2013/06/11/the-burma-road-saves-jerusalem/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:55:46 +0000 http://www.milestonesisrael.com/?p=9197 65 years ago, under the cover of night, 3 men drove a military jeep into the unknown. It was just days after they suffered great losses in an attempt to occupy the fortress of Latrun. The mighty police station built… Read more...

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]]> http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/10/09/montefiores-windmill/feed/ 0 Remember http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/07/10/remember/ http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/07/10/remember/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:22:23 +0000 http://personaltourism.wordpress.com/?p=552 “There is only one opportunity to see Jerusalem for the first time in your life”, Richard said to his children as we approached the famous observatory on Mount Scopus.

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]]> http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/07/10/remember/feed/ 3 Armored Corps Memorial Museum at Latrun http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/06/05/armored-corps-memorial-museum-at-latrun/ http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/06/05/armored-corps-memorial-museum-at-latrun/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:39:49 +0000 http://personaltourism.wordpress.com/?p=514 In 1940, the Latrun station was built under the British Mandate in a rural area on the road to Jerusalem. It was constructed as a police station/self-defensible fortress. On May 14, 1948, upon their departure from Israel, the British evacuated… Read more...

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]]> http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2012/06/05/armored-corps-memorial-museum-at-latrun/feed/ 1 The Shuk Experience http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2011/12/06/the-shuk-experience/ http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2011/12/06/the-shuk-experience/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:52:15 +0000 http://personaltourism.wordpress.com/?p=238 Jerusalemites have Machane Yehuda and in Tel Aviv, the Carmel Market. The Ramla/Lod Market has become a brand of it’s own and moves from city to city.
A day in the Israeli markets (shuks) will treat you to an extravaganza… Read more...

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]]> http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2011/12/06/the-shuk-experience/feed/ 0 A Welcomed Surprise http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2011/11/11/a-welcomed-surprise/ http://www.milestonesisrael.com/2011/11/11/a-welcomed-surprise/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:02:30 +0000 http://personaltourism.wordpress.com/?p=187 I recently began chemotherapy and the routine of my life became inundated with doctors, hospital visits and days where I could hardly get out of bed. So when my sons, Alon and Dolev along with Dolev’s girlfriend Nili, announced that… Read more...

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