Driving down from the Sea of Galilee into Jericho was a study in topography. The Sea of Galilee is refreshing in itself, bright blue and dotted with boats. As you drive toward Jericho and the Dea Sea, you descend steadily toward some of the world's lowest elevations...
Raed Abu Sahlieh is as charistmatic a figure as we met in all of Palestine. He is the priest of St. George's Church in Taybeh and he is an outspoken proponent of peace and justice in this beleagured region of the world. He spent almost an hour with us and one gets...
To anyone who comes here, there may be a moment of personal epiphany or revelation, I would guess. Many are most moved by the historic sites--the place of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem, or his passion in Jerusalem. The Garden at Gethsemane, or maybe Nazareth, where he...
Wisam Salsaa was our guide for most of this trip. He is Palestinian and works out of Bethlehem. He is a Christian. On our way into Jerusalem from Jericho, he brought up an age-old teaching of Jesus, but added this caveat: 'When Jesus said 'if someone strikes you on...
Dr. Maria C. Khoury and her husband have managed to build the only microbrewery in the Middle East. The Taybeh Brewery was established in 1994 when she, of Greek descent, and he, a Palestinian native, returned to his homeland to live. After managing to get necessary...
Elias Salameh Afteem is carrying on a very proud family tradition at Restaurant Afteem in Bethlehem. He greets you in a bustling lunchtime crowd just off the market in this iconic pilgrimage city in Palestine. I noticed him immediately when our group came in the...
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