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Children, Jerusalem.
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The red flag of the secular Socialist-Zionist youth movement ha-Shomer ha-Tza'ir proudly decorates the gate to Kibbutz Shomrat, May Day, 1985
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Wild oregano in Galilee
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Gate, Kibbutz Shomrat
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Library, meeting rooms, and beautiful roses, Kibbutz Shomrat
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Then-new residential construction, Kibbutz Shomrat. I stayed in top floor, left, as a guest of the kibbutz.
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Ottoman aqueduct, now on Kibbutz Shomrat's northern boundary, built to bring water to Acre/Akko.
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Kibbutz Shomrat. A section of the Ottoman aqueduct.
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Hitch-hiking soldiers or kibbutz volunteers? I can't remember.
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John Deere cotton picker, Kibbutz Shomrat
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"Kibbutz Shomrat, 5738". Foundation mosaic for the new kibbutz library building, 1978.
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Avocados were a major cash crop on Kibbutz Shomrat. Working in the avocados was hard work.
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Our friend Gidon at work in the dairy, Kibbutz Shomrat
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Bales of hay, Kibbutz Shomrat
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Memorial to Western Galilee's fallen, Yom ha-Zikaron/Day of Remembrance, Haifa (?)
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One of those gigantic bales
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Soaker hose irrigation beng laid in an orchard
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Hoopoes were colorful, friendly neighbors on the kibbutz. I was hoping that this was one. But now it looks like a small raptor instead. Maybe someone can identify it.
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My friend on the kibbutz
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Kibbutz Shomrat friends on a hummus run to Fy's ("Fa'iz") shop in Akko
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Looking down, way down, from a trail to the valley below, Upper Galilee.
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Natural limestone bridge, Upper Galilee
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Spring of the Banyas (Banias / Banyas al-Hulah / ancient Paneas) River at the foot of Mount Hermon, Upper Galilee.
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"A Christian sanctuary dedicated to St George – whom the Muslims called al-Khidr (the ‘green one’) – was built above the [Banias] grotto; later, it was converted into a mosque. Today it is maintained by the local Syrian Druze people of the Golan."
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Ancient hills, Upper Galilee
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My friend at Akko
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My friend in Jerusalem
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Joel and Kate at Kibbutz Rosh ha-Nikra
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Joel and me among the bananot, taken by Kate.
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Joel among the bananas
