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		<title>Responsible Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In line with the United Nation World Tourism Organization&#8217;s Global Ethics for Responsible Tourism, I am committed to responsible tourism that benefits local communities and is respectful of the nature, religions and culture of the place. Shmuel Browns, Licensed Israel tour guide #8203          When you hire me as your guide you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=3195&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cable over Hinnom valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking along Derekh Hevron towards the Old City you pass the Mount Zion Hotel on your right. Without a guide it is doubtful that you will notice the coat of arms sculpted in the stone of the building or recognize its significance. This is the emblem of the Order of St. John, a British charitable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=3160&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking the Makhtesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approximately 50km from the development town of Dimona named after the Biblical city of the same name mentioned in Joshua 15:21-22 are two examples of makhteshim or erosion cirques, unique to the Negev and Sinai deserts. So far geologists have only identified 7 makhteshim, Makhtesh Ramon, Makhtesh HaGadol, Makhtesh HaKatan and two even smaller ones on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=3119&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kathisma Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just off the main road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem before the turnoff to Har Homa and Herodium lie unnoticed the ruins of a 5thC Byzantine church and monastery. Discovered by chance in 1992 when the road was paved and excavated briefly in 1999 by Rina Avner, the site is worth exploring but lies abandoned due to lack [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=3086&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Falafel Fast Food Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably everyone who has been to Israel has tasted one of Israel&#8217;s most popular fast foods, falafel. It&#8217;s made out of mashed chickpeas with parsley, scallions, garlic, coriander and cumin. Formed into balls or croquettes it is fried until crunchy, stuffed in a pita with an Israeli salad of finely cut tomatoes and cucumbers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=3072&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Israel</title>
		<link>http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/hiking-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking throughout Israel is a national pastime &#8211; youth groups, the scouts, the army connect to the Biblical land with their feet. School classes have a tiyul shnati, an annual hike. Many young people who have just finished their army service reconnect with friends by hiking together on Shvil Yisrael, the Israel Trail, a 945 km trail [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=3039&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dome of the Rock</title>
		<link>http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/dome-of-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When viewing the Old City skyline probably the most striking sight is the gold dome of the Dome of the Rock. The Umayyad Caliph Abd el-Malik had this shrine built like a Byzantine martyrium, octagonal in shape, in 691CE over a rock on the Temple Mount. Over the years various metal coverings have been tried on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=2914&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Nahal Og</title>
		<link>http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/hiking-nahal-og/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family hike]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judean desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real gem of a hike. Nahal Og is less than a half hour from Jerusalem in the Judean desert. It&#8217;s picturesque in a rugged, desert kind of way so it&#8217;s a good opportunity for taking photographs of the scenery and of course your family/group. You might find that parts of the hike [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=2917&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not in Herod&#8217;s Lifetime</title>
		<link>http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/not-in-herods-lifetime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herodian street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Herod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postaweek2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robinson's Arch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Wall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just came back from a press conference with Ronny Reich, archaeologist and professor at Haifa University. Probably every guide talks about the Western Wall, the supporting wall of the Temple Mount built by King Herod in 22BCE. According to the historian Josephus, Herod elongated the square Hasmonean platform (250 meters by 250m) by rebuilding new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=2893&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rujm el-Hiri Revisited</title>
		<link>http://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/rujm-el-hiri-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shmuel Browns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chalcolithic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ossuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postaweek2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vultures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about Rujm el-Hiri in a post on May 2009 and concluded with a variety of suggestions about what the structure may have been used for. Now Dr. Rami Arav who has been excavating at nearby Bethsaida since the late 1980s has proposed a new theory reported in the Nov/Dec issue of Biblical Archaeology [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=israeltours.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2837116&amp;post=2870&amp;subd=israeltours&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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