Jerusalem in the 1970s Through Fascinating Photos
This post was originally published on this siteJerusalem is a city in Western Asia, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and […]
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Rare Photos Capture Street Scenes of Tel Aviv in the Late 1930s and Early ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteTel Aviv is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the […]
Mountains of the Holy Land in old photographs, 1915
This post was originally published on this siteThis collection includes interesting old pictures of the mountains of the Holy Land that were taken in 1915. […]
These Are the World’s Oldest Masks Ever Discovered, And Are Estimated to Be 9000 Years Old!
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1983, a small team of archaeologists led by Harvard prehistorian Ofer Bar-Yosef, excavated a recently looted cave […]
Jerusalem in a rare heavy snow, 1921
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s not that uncommon to get snow in Jerusalem but the storm on February 25th, 1921 was quite […]
May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122
This post was originally published on this siteOperation Solomon was a covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel from May 24 to […]
Israel in the 1950s Through Amazing Color Pics
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the War of Independence ended, the newly founded State of Israel was home to 872,000 citizens. They […]
Human Torpedo in Use by the Israeli Commando Unit, 1967
This post was originally published on this siteHuman torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle on which the diver rides, generally […]
The hunt for Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteAdolf Eichmann inspired Hannah Arendt’s famous phrase ‘the banality of evil’. A career civil servant in Nazi Germany, […]
Old New Land: The Story Behind the First Photograph of the Founding of Tel Aviv, 1909
This post was originally published on this siteOver 100 years ago, some 66 Jewish families congregated on the sand dunes of what would become Tel […]