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Places of Interest in Israel
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Main City - Jericho
It is the first city to fly the Palestinian flag and it is also the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority. Settled 10,000 years ago, Jericho is believed to be the world's oldest city.
After the city was destroyed by Joshua, Jericho remained in shambles for centuries. The oasis town made a comeback under the Romans, Crusaders, and Mamluks, but it never became anything more than a sleepy palm grove village in the desert.
During the Roman era, Mark Anthony gave it to Cleopatra and she in turn gave it to Herod the Great.
Jericho is also a prospering citrus center.

Ramallah
Ramallah is 900m above sea level, and is famous for its cool, pleasant mountain air. Before 1967, Ramallah was a summer haven for Arabs from Jordan, Lebanon, and the Gulf Region, and it was known as the "Bride of Palestine". Nowadays Ramallah and nearby Birzeit University have assumed a leading role in the intifada. When the expansion of Palestine self-rule finally comes about, Ramallah will replace Gaza as the administrative hub of the Palestinian Authority during the interim period.
Ramallah's prominence has also led to the building of new roads, the cleaning up of intifada graffiti, and the restoration of the town's traditional character.

Nablus
Titus founded the town of Nablus in 72AD as the "New City" of Flavia Neapolis.
Nablus has a traditional tradition of impassioned resistance to foreign occupation and is not called Jabal an-Nar (Hill of fire in Arabic) for nothing. Its citizens fought the Turks, the British, and the Jordanians, and were wholly consumed by the intifada.
Nablus is the largest city in the West Bank (not counting East Jerusalem). Besides its predominantly Muslim population, Nablus is home to 500 Samaritan Jews, about two thirds of the world's total Samaritan population.