Jerusalem

Bound for the Promised Land Chorus: I am bound for the promised land, I am bound for the promised land O who will come and go with me I am bound for the promised land. O the transporting rapt'rous scene That rises to my sight; Sweet fields arrayed in living green And rivers of Delight. Chorus There generous fruits that never fail On trees immortal grow; There rocks and hills and brooks and vales With milk and honey flow. Chorus Soon will the Lord my soul prepare For joys beyond the skies, Where never-ceasing pleasures roll, And praises never die. Chorus Midi from~ www.contemplater.com Sequenced by ~Lesley Nelson

ISRAEL Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war are not included in the Isreal country profile, unless otherwise noted. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations are being conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives (from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip) and Israel and Syria, to achieve a permanent settlement. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace.

The Dead Sea Scrolls... were discovered in eleven caves along the northwest shore of the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. The area is 13 miles east of Jerusalem and is 1300 feet below sea level.

Western Wall... called the "Western Wall" in Hebrew, but because the people of Israel shed so many tears there, Christians in the middle ages called it the "Wailing Wall."

Masada... (Hebrew for fortress), is situated atop an isolated rock cliff at the western end of the Judean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea.

Cave where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

Climbing Masada At Night

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Photography by Ernest Anthony Yates

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