In the capitol city of Tel Aviv, we’ll be visiting the tourist Mecca of Dizengoff Street with its outdoor eating places, and stop by Joppa, one of the world's oldest seaports, where Jonah set sail. In Nablos, the largest city on the West Bank, we pass by wheat harvesting, a stone cutter's shop, and visit Jacobs Well. We meet at Mt. Gerizim, the holy mountain said by the Samaritans to be the site of Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac, some of the 250 Samaritans who live in a village nearby. These people, ancient religious offshoots from the Israelites, allow us to see them at worship. Caesaria, the Roman and Crusader ruins built by Phoenicians, again by Herod the Great, and again by the Crusaders, is the site of many famous battles. Through the Sharon Plain is Carmel National Park, Israel's largest national forest preserve. We pass through the hilly vistas of this mountain range on our way to Daliyat el-Carmel, a Druze village and its market of Druzewares. In Haifa, Israel's 3rd largest city, we visit a modern shopping mall, see the gold-domed Baha'i Shrine that overlooks the harbor and visit the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum. Acco (Acre), another ancient seaport, was a major seaport at time of the Phoenicians, but Romans, Crusaders and Turks have all left their mark. We tour the town, visit the Mosque of El-Jazzar and the Crusader's subterranean city. Not far from Acco, we visit a modern day kibbutz to experience this unique Israeli lifestyle and see how it ...