Netivei HaMoreshet — Navigating heritage sites in Judea and Samaria

Mevaseret Zion (summit of Mount Maoz, above Route 1).War of Independence

The Castel

The battles for the Castel in April 1948, as part of the struggle to open the road to Jerusalem.

Photo: ZeevStein · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Places worth seeing at least once — with the story, the map and the way there.

Six-Day War
The Western Wall
The arrival of the forces at the Western Wall on 7 June 1967.
War of Independence
Sha'ar HaGai
The struggle over the supply convoys to besieged Jerusalem.
War of Independence
The Burma Road
Breaking through a bypass road to Jerusalem in May and June 1948.
War of Independence
Radar Hill
The battles for Radar Hill in the War of Independence.
War of Independence
Kiryat Anavim Military Cemetery
The resting place of many of the fallen of the Harel Brigade and of the battles for the road to Jerusalem.
War of Independence
Jerusalem (Mamilla neighborhood, near Jaffa Gate)
The Mamilla Commercial Center
The attack, looting and burning of the Jewish commercial center in December 1947.
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War of Independence
Ben Yehuda Street
The explosion of car bombs on Ben Yehuda Street on 22 February 1948.
War of Independence
San Simon Monastery
The battle of San Simon as part of Operation Yevusi in April 1948.
War of Independence
Ramat Rachel
The battles for Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in May 1948.
War of Independence
The Notre Dame Compound
The battles at the approaches to the Old City in May 1948.