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Independence War

The 1948 war out of which the modern State of Israel emerged, known as the War of Independence in Israeli usage. Posts here cover the battles for Jerusalem and the corridor leading into it, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City (lost to Jordanian forces in 1948 and recaptured in 1967), the southern front, and the campaign that set Israel’s pre-1967 borders.

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11 articles
View North up the coast from Apollonia Ruins
Centre · Sharon

The Sharon Plain

A day on the Sharon coastal plain, off the regular tourist trail: viewpoints at Tzur Natan, an Ottoman tomb on a Samaritan synagogue, the Crusader ruins of Kakun, a soft-shelled turtle hike along Nachal Alexander, the Cheftzi-ba farm, and the cliff-top archaeology of Apollonia.

Nov 2012 · 6 minute read
View over the Sharon Coastal Plain from Tzur Natan Sheikh Musharef Tomb & Remains of Samaritan Synagogue Alexandroni Memorial at Kakun Crusader Fortress Ruins at Kakun Nachal Alexander Steam Powered Water Pump at Cheftzi-ba Farm View North up the coast from Apollonia Ruins Sidna Ali Mosque
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