Topic: Galilee
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Is Israel a democracy? Five actions in 2010 that fueled the debate.
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Olive Press A goat farmer, lured by the green Galilee
Avi Yankelevitch, who runs an eco-tourist goat farm in the Galilee, comes from an archetypal Israeli pioneer family – European Jews, enchanted by the land they feel called on to work.
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Booting up Arab access to Israeli high-tech jobs
Arabs make up 20 percent of the Israeli population, but only 1.4 percent of Israel's high-tech industry. One NGO is closing the gap by helping Israeli Arabs through the job search process.
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A witness in Galilee
The author hikes the 'Jesus Trail' and finds insight and resolve.
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Taking a hike in the Holy Land on the Jesus Trail
Israel's Jesus Trail, which winds through valleys and over hilltops near the Sea of Galilee, hits several spots of biblical importance and provides a taste of life in modern-day Israel as well.
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Chapter & Verse Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman supports the historic existence of Jesus
Once a fundamentalist Christian, agnostic Ehrman lays the case in his new book for Jesus as an authentic historic figure.
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Terrorism & Security Israeli efforts to defuse 'Land Day' tensions fail as clashes erupt at checkpoint
Some Palestinian protesters threw rocks at Israeli soldiers amid Land Day commemorations of the 1976 killing of six Palestinian citizens of Israel. Israeli forces responded with tear gas.
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War with Iran? Consult history.
It sounds like war drums. Tehran says it will execute an alleged US spy and threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz. GOP presidential candidates talk of regime change and military strikes, and Obama is not cowed by Iran. But wars do not often turn out as envisioned.
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Christian tourism: walking where Jesus walked
The Israeli government invested millions in Christian tourism this year, including a 39-mile Gospel Trail.
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Dealing with anger through prayer
A Christian Science perspective.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/30
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Crusades redux: Will Jerusalem soon be surrounded by hostile Islamists?
In 1187, Jerusalem was engulfed by an angry, surging Muslim sea. Today, revolution in the Arab world – particularly in Egypt – is making Israel anxious.
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Is Israel a democracy? Five actions in 2010 that fueled the debate.
Recent actions by Israel's religious and right-wing communities have challenged the rights of the country's growing Arab minority.
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Best books of 2010: fiction
In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 11 fiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
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Easy rice dish
Tatbileh is a Middle Eastern rice dish made with meat, spices, and nuts.
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Bringing foot traffic to Israel's 'Jesus Trail'
Israeli Jew Maoz Inon saw a wealth of unrealized potential for Christian travelers in the lush Galilean hills, where Jesus once walked. He opened an inn and published an English guidebook, attracting Christian travelers to the 'Jesus Trail.'
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/30
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Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, does Washington see the lurking threats against America?
Though focused on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US must mind other trouble spots.
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Eurovision diplomacy: Israeli Arab-Jew duo hope to show that peace is possible – at least on a stage
Israel's image abroad is a bit tattered. Can Eurovision come to the rescue?
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In Israel, Jews and Arabs aim to bridge 'independence' and 'catastrophe' narratives
As the Jewish state celebrates Independence Day on Wednesday, a small but growing band comes together to share experiences.
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