Israel NOWlej
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Buildings and Sites

Hill and monastery on the road to Jerusalem. Israeli attacks to take its police fort failed in May and June 1948, and the Burma Road bypassed it.

Illustration from the book. Photographs, where shown, are from Wikimedia Commons, with author and license beside each. Click a photograph to enlarge it.

Sources

  • The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 193.