Maayan Harod
Maayan Harod (the Harod Spring) rises at the foot of Mount Gilboa, the spot biblical tradition identifies as Gideon’s choosing of his three hundred. Posts here cover the spring as a cooling-off stop on a Valley of Springs day, and its place in the early 20th-century settlement story of the Jordan and Jezreel valleys.
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Cooling off in the Valley of Springs
A day relaxing in the springs of the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel: the Park of Springs, the Harod Spring at Maayan Harod National Park, and a pelican migration in the fish pools.
Settlement of the Jordan Valley
A day through the Jordan Valley and the southern Sea of Galilee: the Harod Spring, the Roman bridge and hydroelectric ruins at Old Gesher and Naharayim, the Kinneret Courtyard and Rachel the Poet, Degania, the Motor House and the Kinneret Cemetery.
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