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Topic: Wadi Ara


In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Military Routes in Israel
Wadi Ara is the much talked about road to Megiddo coming from Egypt through Philistia using the sea coast route.
Wadi Ara as it runs through the Carmel Mountain range is described as rather straightforward and without any significant geographical features.
While Megiddo is situated about north to north-west of the Wadi Ara, Taanach is east of it.
www.specialtyinterests.net /army_routes.html   (495 words)

  
 Welcome To Haifa
The 1st attacking force was directed from Wadi Rashmya towards the Northeastern neighborhoods of Arab Haifa, the 2nd attacking force was directed toward the Arab neighborhood next to the port, and the 3rd attacking was directed toward the commercial district.
This wadi carries rainwater East of the al-Tira and at that point it's known by Wadi al-Kasab, and at its termination point it's also known by Wadi al-Musrara.
A small wadi that originates from Khirbat al-Damun, and it terminates nearby 'Atlit al-Shamlyah.
www.palestineremembered.com /Haifa/Haifa   (2398 words)

  
 Jewish Heritage Online Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Between the 17th and 12th centuries BCE, the primitive, pictographic alphabet was employed in Shehem, Gezer, Tel al-Hasi, Tel al-Ajul, Bet Mirsim, and Lahish.
Another large group, the so-called Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions (1500 BCE) were probably written by a colony of northwest Semitic slaves who worked in the mines in Wadi Ma'ara in the Sinai Peninsula.
It seems that this script generally served a religious function and may have been developed by the Canaanite priesthood.
www.jhom.com /topics/letters/ancient.html   (666 words)

  
 Al-Aqsa Intifada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The same day, in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah, a Palestinian police officer working with Israeli police on a joint patrol opened fire and killed his Israeli counterpart Supt. Yosef Tabeja
The riots started that October, when Israeli Arabs, citizens of Israel, blocked main roads (such as Wadi Ara road), started banks and stores on fire and assaulted Jewish citizens.
An Israeli civilian from Rishon LeZion, Jan Bechor was killed when an Arab youth threw a stone at his car which crashed near Jisr Az-Zarqa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al-Aqsa_Intifada   (8264 words)

  
 Notes and questions, North Africa - War Oral History Programme - NZHistory.net.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As 2NZEF pushed relentlessly westward, it took part in a series of left hooks designed to trap the retreating enemy at El Agheila, Nofilia, and Tebaga Gap.
The Kiwis later battled Axis forces (German and Italian) at Wadi Akarit, Enfidaville and Takrouna as the British 8th Army pushed north in Tunisia.
NZHistory.net.nz is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
www.nzhistory.net.nz /war/645   (1390 words)

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