John Lewis Ph.D. - History and Classical Ideals

 

Images of Israel

Photos from a visit, June, 2008

More Images of Israel!
Images of Palestinian Jihad

 

 

 

Tel Aviv: A City Created since 1948

 

 

Historical Photos:

Tel Aviv was founded on land purchased from Bedouins north of Jaffa. This photograph is of the 1909 auction of the first lots.

Tel Aviv was founded on land

purchased from Bedouins north of Jaffa.

This photograph is of the 1909 auction of the first lots.

 

Early Tel Aviv

Early Tel Aviv

 

Arab Settlement Near Tel-Aviv, 1911

 

Arab Settlement Near Tel-Aviv, 1911

(Photos may be seen at http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~dhershkowitz/)

 

 

Back to the Present:

 


June, 2008: The Fundamental Contrast

A New Hotel, An Old Mosque (under renovation):

The Israelis care for history, and preserve non-Jewish religious sites

 

 

The Old City of Jaffa

 

 

Tel Aviv, Viewed from Jaffa, June, 2008

Israeli Civilization, since 1948

 

 

View from the Dan Panorama Hotel.

The beach across the street is under development

 

 

Driving East, Away from Tel Aviv:

A Bedouin Camp, June, 2008

 

 

Driving East, an Arab village near Har-Zeitim exchange

(The tower of the Hebrew University is at the west side background)

 

 

 

An Israeli Town, Har Homa, near Jerusalem

This is what is called "An Illegal Settlement" in the U.S.

It is, in fact, the spread of civilization, into a desert

 

 

The Alternative to the Israeli Town

 

 

The Middle-Eastern Oil Situation, in Essence

 

 

 

Tel Aviv. The Israelis love the land--and demonstrate

it by planting millions of trees. This is what Israel's foes

want to destroy.

 

More Images of Israel!

 

Images of Palestinian Jihad

 

 

 

Home
_____________________________________________________________________
This page updated 06/18/08     Dr. John David Lewis     classicalideals@yahoo.com