Encountering Israel


4. "Abandoned tank from 1948 War of Independence": next to cafe rest stop off main highway, Jordan Valley.
Military presence is evident everywhere in Israel. One finds archaeological fragments at venerated sites, artifacts and detritus like this tank from more recent battles, and soldiers are omnipresent on the streets.
This tank, ensconced on a concrete slab just outside a cafe off a main highway in the Jordan Valley, at first struck me as...
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Military presence is evident everywhere in Israel. One finds archaeological fragments at venerated sites, artifacts and detritus like this tank from more recent battles, and soldiers are omnipresent on the streets.
This tank, ensconced on a concrete slab just outside a cafe off a main highway in the Jordan Valley, at first struck me as...
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Susan Ressler