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...journey was, according to the evictees' request, the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. It was almost 1:00 AM when they arrived to the ancient, sacred site, but the place was packed. The Hilburgs have a daughter who lives in the city of Modiin, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; they spent the night at her at her apartment...
...towers of Gaza City emerge from the blue Mediterranean haze as our chopper glides down from Tel Aviv. The red and white striped communications tower of an Israeli military post marks the northeast corner of the fence surrounding the Gaza Strip. Beyond, where 1.5 million Palestinians live in the dull concrete of densely-packed apartment blocks. The gray is punctuated with blazing strips of sand - these are the open spaces farmed by Israeli settlers who raise crops in greenhouses to counter the barrenness of the dunes...
...Gaza Strip is 25 miles south of Tel Aviv, a matter of minutes by helicopter. The military post at the corner of the fence, which was built in 1994 to prevent terrorists crossing into Israel, gazes out over a sea of concrete. This is the village of Beit Hanoun, which merges with the massive refugee camp of Jabalya and, in turn, Gaza City itself. There is no break in the drab urban sprawl until our Twin Star chopper passes the dunes around the Israeli settlement of Netzarim...
Students who hope to study abroad in Tel Aviv, Manila, or Abuja may get their wishes this fall, when a nine-person ad hoc committee considers whether the College should scrap its current study abroad policy, which bans travel to all 29 countries on the State Department’s “Travel Warning” list...
...travel to Israel a lot and Tel Aviv is a much safer city all things considered than New York,” Dershowitz said. “And yet the State Department issues a caution for the whole of Israel, which includes Gaza and the West Bank, which conveys a very false message about the safety at Tel Aviv University...