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Jerusalem
-The Western Wall
-The Kotel Tunnel tour (Tunnels of the Wall)
-The Old City of Jerusalem
-Damascus Gate and Arab market
-Historic Christian district in the Old City of Jerusalem
-Ir David (City of David) tour
-Yad Vashem
-Ramparts walk on top of old city walls
-Jerusalem (Some say particularly Me'ah She'arim) on Shabbat
-An Ultra Orthodox Shabbat Meal
-Shuk Machne Yehuda (Market) - On a Friday?

South of Jerusalem
-Dead Sea
-Ein Gedi
-Masada
-Bet Guvrin

All The Way Down South
-Eilat (Only for a long trip according to some)
-Ramon Crater

All The Way Up North
-Galilee
-Nazareth: Basilica of the Annunciation, Old City, Mary's Well, Synagogue Church
-"Jesus boat" sunset cruise on the Kineret
-The North is chock full of holy grave sites
-Banias, Nimrods Fortress, Har Bental, Jordan river rafting, and other Golan Heights sites
-Rosh Hanikra
-Tzfat

On The Way Back To The Center
-Caesarea - a Roman-built city
-Blind Museum - Holon
-Palmach museum Tel Aviv
-Tel Aviv - Center of Israel's Business Industry And To Date The Home Of The US Embassy In Israel

West Bank (Surrounds Jerusalem on 3 Sides)
-The Wall...
-West Bank
-Ramallah
-Jericho
-Bethlehem

- Watch This
- watch the army detain 12HRS when he tries to get through passport control on the way out





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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #180 on: January 12, 2017, 04:22:51 PM »
Jeeping in Yehuda will bring you right up to al quds West Bank, do them together ;), zuzu also has bike tours at night through shaar Shechem and the surrounding areas, if your in netanya at all, they have hang gliding by the beach pretty nice
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #181 on: January 12, 2017, 07:06:24 PM »
It is no longer a question of if but when. It will be for DW and I. First I want to thank everyone that has helped so far!!!


Thanks for doing all the leg work for me with this thread  ;)

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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #182 on: January 13, 2017, 01:14:57 AM »
Thanks for doing all the leg work for me with this thread  ;)
How about a double date?  :-*
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #183 on: January 13, 2017, 01:18:42 AM »
How about a double date?  :-*
The DDF goyim could got to Israel together
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #184 on: January 13, 2017, 02:52:12 AM »
How about a double date?  :-*

LOL.  I need to figure if I'm going solo or with the family.  If solo, I'm definitely doing an Eilat-Petra-Wadi Rum-Eilat excursion.

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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #185 on: January 13, 2017, 05:40:58 AM »
Let's make a DO when you come
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #186 on: January 13, 2017, 07:12:45 AM »
LOL.  I need to figure if I'm going solo or with the family.  If solo, I'm definitely doing an Eilat-Petra-Wadi Rum-Eilat excursion.
If solo you bring the hardware and we will visit Gaza.  ;)
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #187 on: January 13, 2017, 07:18:46 AM »
If solo you bring the hardware and we will visit Gaza.  ;)
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #188 on: January 13, 2017, 07:23:30 AM »
Can I be in your will?
Every time I come up with these ideas DW doubles my life insurance.  :)
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #189 on: January 13, 2017, 07:29:01 AM »
Every time I come up with these ideas DW doubles my life insurance.  :)
You can name Emkay in your will as long as I am named as beneficiary of your life insurance  :D
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #190 on: January 13, 2017, 07:37:32 AM »
If solo you bring the hardware and we will visit Gaza.  ;)
In all seriousness, if you happen to head down south maybe check out Sderot. It's been nicknamed the "bomb shelter capital of the world".  Every bus stop is a bomb shelter and playground rides are basically themed bombs shelters.
If you bring enough candy and cigarettes for the soldiers by the border you can use their high powered binoculars to check out a view of war torn Gaza. The closest you will prob ever get.

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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #191 on: January 13, 2017, 07:38:06 AM »
You can name Emkay in your will as long as I am named as beneficiary of your life insurance  :D
Put a fork in my idea.  >:(
"U.S. government employees are not allowed to travel to Gaza"
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #192 on: January 13, 2017, 07:39:16 AM »
In all seriousness, if you happen to head down south maybe check out Sderot. It's been nicknamed the "bomb shelter capital of the world".  Every bus stop is a bomb shelter and playground rides are basically themed bombs shelters.
If you bring enough candy and cigarettes for the soldiers by the border you can use their high powered binoculars to check out a view of war torn Gaza. The closest you will prob ever get.
That brings up another question. Should tourist know where bomb shelters are located?
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #193 on: January 13, 2017, 07:42:46 AM »
That brings up another question. Should tourist know where bomb shelters are located?
They are everywhere. In Sderot you have 19 seconds to get to one. Every single house, bus stop, and public building has. There is no discrimination, everyone runs into the first one whether it's public or someones house. In Jerusalem B”H area there isn't much need but every single building has one, during times of active war the government paints signs in public places with arrows toward shelters.

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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #194 on: January 13, 2017, 08:02:03 AM »
Put a fork in my idea.  >:(
"U.S. government employees are not allowed to travel to Gaza"
Oh. So you have a pension. You can keep your wife as beneficiary of that one (would need her consent to change that anyways) but you can still name me as beneficiary of your life insurance.
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #195 on: January 13, 2017, 08:38:27 AM »
That brings up another question. Should tourist know where bomb shelters are located?

How are you going to take pictures of all the action in a shelter?

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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #196 on: January 13, 2017, 08:57:56 AM »
My daughter wants to go to Israel for a family wedding. When my son, who had joined us in the past for a family wedding in Israel heard about it, all he could say was that she will be bored. He said to her: at least when I was there, something interesting was going on (referring to missiles being shot from Gaza and shot down by iron dome - including the famous one of a missile being shot down during the chupa).
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Re: Help a n00b experience what Israel has to offer.
« Reply #197 on: January 13, 2017, 09:35:39 AM »
How are you going to take pictures of all the action in a shelter?
That's what you are for.  :)
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« Reply #199 on: January 17, 2017, 10:19:26 AM »
Has anyone been to Petra. DW added it to the list.  >:(
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