Leaving home in Mahwah, New Jersey for the bus into Manhattan
The famous rat, because you totally wanted to see it
Found at my cousin’s. Shaps and I did go to Hebrew school together as kids (it’s also funny cuz Hillel as an organization has what I consider to be very anti-Palestinian policies)
View of DC
Shaps & I the afternoon before flying
Turkish Lego Batman
Only image I really got of flying over Istanbul, wasn’t near window unfortunately
View of the Old City as we drove into Jerusalem (Damascus Gate?)
Bye-bye baby face, let the traveler’s beard begin
The first East Jerusalem settlement building we pass walking from our hotel into the main Old City–you can see small Israeli flags on the roof
Entering the Old City
An Israeli settlement immediately inside Herod’s Gate. You can see the guards
The settlement’s playground
Cars & trucks driving in the narrow paths of the Old City, a common sight
Prob the best shot of the day
Another settlement high up, where the Israeli flag is
Souvenirs for people of many faiths
Some clever t-shirts
Israeli officers in a Palestinian falafel spot. Ordering, or just on patrol?
A Christian-Muslim cooperative venture
An drinking fountain for the poor from the times of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman
View from the rooftops
Mormon school in the distance
The first of many stray cats
American sports teams in the holy land
An Afro-Palestinian community center we passed
Part of the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus walked to his crucifiction
One of the buildings being restored by the Islamic Waqf
A Palestinian man–Israeli settlers live above him
The Armenian Catholic church, a rare sight
Another settlement in the distance
The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock
The Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus’s resurrection
News from across the pond
The Armona settlement, site of the new US embassy
Mount of Olives
View of Silwan neighborhood
Entering Silwan
The Wall up close, cutting off the old road towards Jericho
Black tanks used by Palestinians for storing water
A view of the Ma’ale Adumim settlements, with some of the Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin community in the valley below
First sunset
Entering Bethlehem
The gardens of the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library
Collection of tear gas canisters that have landed in the gardens
Good to know we still manufacture some things in the US of A
Mohamed talking more about his agriculture outreach work
Roadblock on the way to the Tent of Nations farm
You can tell this is one of the ones I took with my old digital camera that I don’t know how to use, esp. with the lighting. Most pictures I just ended up taking with my phone
Lots of fig & almond trees here
Pool that directs rainwater into cisterns
Farm’s main solar panels
One of the many caves around the farm
Light in a cave from the solar panels!
Lunch. Expect many more Tent of Nations pics when I’m actually on the farm for the month!
Ahed Tamimi
Church of the Nativity, birthplace of Jesus
The old aqueduct and pool from Roman times
Hassan telling us Battir’s story
The maqlubeh! (not the best picture but the stuff was great trust me)
Some of the fields of Battir by night
Foreign Fields 