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The Beersheba Centenary & the Palestine Campaign
On this tour, we journey to Israel where we take a look at the region’s involvement in WW1 and also in wars that followed. We travel the country visiting battle sites, cemeteries, memorials and much more, as we explore its turbulent past. We head to Golan Heights where we see the castle of Nimrod, we visit Kibbutz El Rom and learn how an Israeli tank unit of less than 40 held off over 700 Syrian tanks in 1973. We delve into the 1967 battle for Golan Heights in Tel Faher, before we journey to Jerusalem and see the cities many famous sites, from Jaffa Gate to the Western Wall. In Gaza we discuss the WW1 battles that took place there, as we look over the Gaza Strip. We also visit Beershaeba, on the centenary of the towns attack.
Tour Includes
- 7 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 7 evening meals
- Specialist Battlefield Guide
- Escorted by a Tour Manager in Israel
- Porterage at all hotels
- Return flights to Tel Aviv
- Airport transfers in Israel
- Air-conditioned coach travel
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Fly to Tel Aviv, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel for one night. Please note due to flight timings for Heathrow departures, an evening meal is not included on the first evening. However, a meal will be served in-flight.
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We head north stopping at the Ba'hai gardens in Haifa to see the Turkish canons from 1918 and then travel onwards to Megiddo seeing the Archaeological site of Armageddon and overlooking the Jezreel Valley over which Australian forces moved on their push north in 1918. We stay for two nights in the Upper Galilee area at Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, or similar.
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We spend today visiting battle sites on the Golan Heights and various memorials commemorating Israeli units who were active in 1967 and 1973. We also see the Crusader era castle of Nimrod with its tremendous views over the road to Damascus and the Golan. We will visit the Kibbutz El Rom and see an authentic movie presenting the battle that took place close to the site, where an Israeli tank unit of less than 40 tanks held back over 700 Syrian tanks in 1973. We will overlook the border with Syria close to the abandoned town of Kuneitra through which the British forces bypass in WWI.
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Lookout at the Israel/Lebanese border, visit Tel Faher, scene of the decisive battle to capture the Golan Heights in June 1967. From there we drive south to the town of Ramle. We visit the commonwealth cemetery and have a briefing on the Palestine Campaign WWI. From there visit the Israeli Armoured Corps memorial and museum at Latrun. We stay overnight in the area of Ashkelon.
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We start at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem and see where General Allenby entered the old city and where he declared Jerusalem liberated from the Turks on the steps of David’s Citadel. We will tour the Old City, looking at some of the sites such as the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and places of action in the liberation of East Jerusalem from Jordanian occupation in 1967. We stay in Jerusalem for three nights.
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We look over the Gaza Strip from Black Arrow Monument. Visit Anzac monument, discuss the battles on Gaza WWI. We then visit Beersheba on the centenary of the attack on the town. We hope to visit Tel Sheva and get a view over the ground over which the light horsemen charged. We will also visit the Australian Light Horse Memorial, the Allenby Memorial, and the Commonwealth Cemetery in the town.
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Spend the day looking at the battle of Jerusalem visiting Nebi Samweil, the strategic Turkish outpost overlooking the city. We visit the Commonwealth cemetery and memorial on Mount Scopus with its view over the city. We then visit the Mount of Olives and St. Andrew's Church, a church built to the memory of Scottish soldiers killed in the campaign.
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Free time in Jerusalem until transfer to Tel Aviv for our return flight to the U.K.
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Accommodation
All hotels will be a minimum 3-star hotels. You will stay one night in Tel Aviv at the Grand Beach, or similar. Two nights will then be spent in Upper Galilee at Kefar Giladi, or similar. In Ashkelon, we stay for one night at the Leonardo Asheklon, or similar. In Jerusalem, you will stay for three nights at the Grand Court Hotel, or similar.
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