Jordan Valley:
without flower details
  • Mitzpeh Jericho,
  • Qasr el Yahud,
  • Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael)
  • Zorganika date plantation in the Zarzir enclave
January 23, 2013

Jericho lookout, Mitzpe Yeriho, מצפה יריחו

Jericho lookout, Mitzpe Yeriho, מצפה יריחו


 
Qasr el Yahud or Kasser Al Yahud, lit."the Jews' fortress", Arabic: قصر اليهود‎, Hebrew: קאסר אל-יהוד
Baptismal Site on the banks of the Jordan River
Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael), Fazael Springs, נחל פצאל,עינות פצאל

Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael), נחל פצאל


 
Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael), Fazael Springs, נחל פצאל,עינות פצאל
King Herod’s last construction project, the city of Phasaelis, which he named after his elder brother, Phasael.
Phasael (died 40 BC) (Latin: Phasaelus; from Greek: Φασάηλος, Phasaelos), died in 40BCE during the fight with the Parthians.

Fazael Springs, נחל פצאל,עינות פצאל   Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael), נחל פצאל   Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael), נחל פצאל

Fazael brook (Nahal Fatsael),Country pursuits, נחל פצאל
The Jordan Valley battle took place on March 11, 1969, led to the deaths of three IDF junior officers, as well as the killing of seven terrorists and the capture of another. It took place during the 1967-70 War of Attrition, which cost the lives of 500 soldiers fighting Jordanian terrorist cells that infiltrated into Israel across the Jordan River during that period.
The battle began after an infiltration was discovered, and the soldiers pursued the terrorists towards the west. Near the villageof Majdal Bani Fadil, around present-day Maaleh Efraim and Gitit, the force ascended a hilltop to search several caves. A Bedouin woman was sitting outside one cave nursing her baby, and when asked if there was anyone inside, she answered in the negative. The soldiers turned to leave, and suddenly a burst of fire and grenades engulfed the Israeli force, killing three soldiers: Chanan Samson, Yossi Kaplan, and Boaz Sasson. The other soldiers returned fire and liquidated the terrorist cell.


 
Jordan Valley
The pyramid-shaped mountain Sartaba (left picture, background) is mentioned in ancient Jewish sources as the second station from which signal fires were relayed from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem to announce the New Moon to Babylonia (From the Mount of Olives [in Jerusalem] to Sartaba, and from Sartaba to Grofina and from Grofina to Hauran, and from Hauran to Beit Baltin).

 
Zorganika date plantation, an integral part of the Southern Jordan Valley Nature Reserve, the Zarzir enclave.
the Southern Jordan Valley Nature Reserve, the Zarzir enclave

The Southern Jordan Valley Nature Reserve, the Zarzir enclave.


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Fieldtrip Weizman Insitute campus, Rehovot,
September 21, 2012

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Fieldtrip Mount Meron, summit trail,
שמורת הר מירון, שביל הפסגה
December 6, 2011

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Fieldtrip Mount Carmel Reserve
(after forest fire December 2-5, 2010)
March 2, 2011

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Fieldtrip SPRING AWAKENING
Road 3415, Gad Hills (Givad Gad)
March 3, 2011

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Golan Heights, Nov Wetland Reserve
and Road 92, 789, 98, 808 and 87
northeast of the Sea of Galilee)
February 25, 2011

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Fieldtrip Hermon Stream Nature Reserve,
(שמורת טבע נחל חרמון (בניאס,
January 28, 2011

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Bene Zion - Haruzim Nature Reserve
שמורת בני ציון,
March 12, 2010

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Golan Heights,
Irus Bizzot Nov Reserve and Odem Forest,
March 9, 2010,

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Netanya, Sergeant's Grove
נתניה, חורשת הסרג'נטים
January 29, 2010,

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Mount Carmel Forests
יערות הכרמל
January 15, 2010.

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Bene Zion Nature Reserve"
שמורת בני ציון
January 2, 2010.

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Mount Hermon, "Gvaot HaKrav" ,
הר חרמון,גבעות הקרב"
November 6, 2009.

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Dora Rain pool Nature Park,
שמורת דורה, נתניה
July 18, 2009.

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Dudaim Forest, Goral Hills,
גבעות גורל, יער דודאים
March 22, 2009.

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Jarisa Mound - Napoleon Hill,
Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill
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תל גריסה, הר נפוליאון, גבעת כורכר טבעית
March 20, 2009.

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Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill,
Little Hermon - Nebi Dahi,
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נבי דח י,גבעת המורה
March 18, 2009.






Mountains of Gilboa,
שמורת אירוס הגלבוע
March 12, 18, 2009.

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Poleg Gateway Nature Reserve,
שמורת טבע פולג
March 8, 2009.

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Hararit, Lavra Netofa (Lower Galilee, Misgav)
הררית, מבדד נטופה
March 6, 2009.

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Carmel, Hurshat Ha'arbaim,חורשת הארבעים
February 21, 2009.

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Bene Zion Nature Reserve Orchis papilionacea,Orchis caspia, Pink Butterfly Orchid, סחלב פרפרני
January 30, 2009.

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Betah Mountain near Ain Yakov (Ein Yaakov), Jacob's spring, Western Galilee, Iris vartanii, Vartan's Iris, אירוס הסרגל
January 26, 2009.

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Bene Zion Nature Reserve
January 23, 2009.

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Lahav Forest, Sternbergia Reserve
November 10, 2008.

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Ramat Hanadiv, Memorial gardens
October 24, 2008.

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Netanya, Sergeant Grove, Oak Grove
March 24, 2008.

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Kfar Shmaryahu, wildflowers at a Samaritan burial complex (HaOranim Street)
March 23, 2008.

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Shoham Forest
February 29, 2008, intercalary day

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"Flowers on the Wall", Western Wall, Jerusalem
...Don't tell me I've nothin' to do
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Cyclamen Hill, Ramat Menashe,
גבעת הרקפות ברמת מנשה, סמוך לקיבוץ גלעד
February 15, 2008



Pureh Reserve, שמורת פורה
February 10, 2008

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Netanya, Iris Nature Reserve, the first irises this year!
February 8, 2008

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Tel Hadid,
Ben-Shemen Forest, al-Haditha
February 5, 2008

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Iris Nature Reserve
without Iris!
February 2, 2008

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Tu Bishvat (ט"ו בשבט)
Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot
(ראש השנה לאילנות)
January 18, 2008

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Carmel in Spring,
according to "the Land of Israel", by Tristram
March 31, 2007

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Eshkol National Park
An oasis in the Negev Desert
March 3, 2007

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Scroll of Fire,
Megilat Ha’esh, מגילת האש
February 23, 2007

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Flowers in Apollonia National Park,
February 20, 2007

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Orchids on Mount Carmel.
February 18, 2007

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Blossoming Almond Tree,
Ein Karem, Jerusalem and Beit Guvrin
February 15, 2007

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Iris Nature Reserve,
February 11, 2007

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Neot Kedumim, The Biblical Landscape Reserve.
February 2, 2007