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Post 21 – 2015 Biking Adventure

Day 42 & 43 – Wales12th June – 13th June –  Penrhiw-pål – NewportTotal biked – 1,123 kilometres ( 712 miles) We had a lovely ride to Newport, much of it along classic country lanes, winding down leafy valleys surrounded by trees, ferns, nettles and wildflowers. I finally got to see a really old Welsh […]

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Post 20 – 2015 Biking Adventure

Day 42 & 43 – Wales12th June – 13th June –  Penrhiw-pål – NewportTotal biked – 1,123 kilometres ( 712 miles) from Fred Schlomka –  We had a lovely ride to Newport, much of it along classic country lanes, winding down leafy valleys surrounded by trees, ferns, nettles and wildflowers. I finally got to see […]

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Beware the ‘Christian Embassy’

– by Fred Schlomka – I had a fascinating afternoon at the Travel Center today when I met a gentleman there from the ‘International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem‘ (ICEJ). This is a notorious organisation that has published such statements as ” . . . . God in His sovereignty calls and elects certain vessels for […]

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Mark Thomas on the trail

by Fred Schlomka – Mark Thomas is a man with a mission. For several months, together with his sidekick Phil, he has been trekking the route of Israel’s Separation Barrier (AKA Apartheid Wall) in order to probe the minds of the people living on either side. In early 2011 he will publish a book and […]

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Post 2 – 2015 Biking Adventure

5th May 2015 The past 2 days have been a real roller coaster. After two very pleasant days in Orte (Lazio), we packed the bike bags into our host Alberto’s car and he drove with Sunita while I navigated the bike down the mountain on a steep loose gravel and dirt drive way. Didn’t make […]

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Post 1 – 2015 Biking Adventure

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West Bank Segregated Roads

by Fred Schlomka –  The original version of this article was published in the Los Angeles Jewish Observer © Foundation for Middle East PeaceDownload Map Despite the new White House administration’s adamant refusal to accept any more settlement construction President Obama has allowed USAID to continue funding the segregated road network that links the settlements […]

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Review of a Private Tour

by Fred Schlomka – Today I had an interesting group of five visitors from Switzerland. I picked them up at their Tel Aviv hotel in the early morning and proceeded to Route 5, a large four-lane highway which thrusts deep into the West Bank, due east of Tel Aviv. En route we stopped in the […]

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On Tour – Gridlock in Ramallah & Flowing Traffic in Nablus

Fred SchlomkaRamadan is now over and the festivities of Eid have concluded. The streets of Ramallah were full of people decked out in their holiday finery for the end of the holiday. Participants in the Ramallah tour last Thursday were surprised to see the varieties of beautiful Hijabs (head coverings) worn by many women, demonstrating […]

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