Island of Peace
The Island of Peace is an Israeli-Jordanian park at the confluence of the Jordan River and Yarmouk River, on the border between Israel and Jordan.
Ţafas is a city in Syrian Arab Republic.
Population: 31,249
Latitude: 32° 44' 8.30" N
Longitude: 36° 04' 0.98" E
The Island of Peace is an Israeli-Jordanian park at the confluence of the Jordan River and Yarmouk River, on the border between Israel and Jordan.
Domus Galilaeae or House of Galilee (Hebrew: בית הגליל), located on the peak of Mount of Beatitudes, above and north of Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee, is a Christian meeting place used for seminars and conventions.
Tel Ubeidiya (Tel-`Ubaydiyya; Hebrew: תל-עובידיה; Arabic: تل العبيدية), some 3 km south of Lake Tiberias, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the Pleistocene, ca. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of the earliest…
Raphana, in present-day north of Jordan, was a city of the Decapolis.
Fiq (Arabic: فيق) is a former Syrian town administratively belonging to Al Quneitra Governorate, located in the Golan Heights.
The Battles of the Kinarot Valley (Hebrew: הַמַּעֲרָכָה בְּבִקְעַת כִּנָּרוֹת), is a collective name for a series of military engagements between the Haganah and the Syrian army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, fought between May 15–22, 1948 in the…
Al-Sinnabra or Sinn en-Nabra, is the Arabic place name for a historic site on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern day Israel. The tell upon which al-Sinnabra was situated, Khirbet Kerak or Bet Yerah, is one of the largest in the Levan…
Khirbat al-Minya (also known as Ayn Minyat Hisham) is an Umayyad-built palace in the eastern Galilee, Israel, located about 200 meters (660 ft) west of the northern end of the Lake Tiberias.
Emek HaYarden Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית עמק הירדן, Mo'atza Azorit 'Emeq HayYarden, lit. Jordan Valley Regional Council) is a regional council in the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee in the north and Beit She'an in the sou…
In the Battle of Al-Sannabra (1113), a Crusader army led by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem was defeated by a Muslim army sent by the Sultan of the Seljuk Turks and commanded by Mawdud ibn Altuntash of Mosul.
Abila (Arabic: ابيلا) – also, Biblical: Abel-Shittim or Ha-Shittim (or simply Shittim) – was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in Moab, later Peraea, near Livias, about twelve km northeast of the north shore of the Dead Sea; the site is now …
Samakh (Arabic: سمخ) was a Palestinian Arab village at the south end of Lake Tiberias in Palestine (nw in Israel).
Bnei Yehuda (Hebrew: בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה) is an Israeli settlement, moshav, located in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel. The moshav was built in 1972. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council.
The Nasib Border Crossing (Arabic: مركز نصيب الحدودي) is an international border crossing between Syria and Jordan. It is one of the busiest border crossings in Syria and is situated on the Damascus-Amman international highway.
Gamla nature reserve is a nature reserve and archaeological site located in the center of the Golan Heights, about 20 km south to the Israeli settlement Katzrin.
Ariqah or ‘Arīqah (Arabic: عريقة) is a village in southern Syria with a population of about 3,000. It is located in the heart of the rocky volcanic plateau of Lejah also called (Lajat). Administratively Ariqah is situated in the Mantiqat Shahba (Sha…
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Twelve Apostles (Hebrew: כנסיית השליחים, Knessiath haShlichim Greek language: Εκκλησία Αποστόλων) is a Greek Orthodox church located near the shore of the Sea of Galilee at Capernaum (Kfar Nachum) in Israel. It is al…
Korazim (Hebrew: כּוֹרָזִים) is a communal settlement in northern Israel in Korazim plateau.