We went hiking in the morning in Safta in the Judean Hills. It is near Ein Karem where we hiked a few weeks ago. On the way, we stopped at Cassel. Cassel was a Palestinian village that overlooked the pass to Jerusalem and became a battleground between the Palestinians and Israelis in the 1948 war.
At the site of the Mufti's house looking toward Tel Aviv where Israeli convoys traveled to take supplies to Jerusalem. The Mufti was the community religious and civic leader in a Palestinian community. This site had a clear view of convoys coming from Jerusalem, so it was a strategic point in the war.
Looking toward Jerusalem at the Mufti's house, which is now an Israeli memorial.
Map of the Safta hiking trails. Each color marks a different trail or section of a trail. Rocks along the trail are painted with the color on the map so we can verify we are on the right path.
We hiked down for about 25 minutes, and then turned around and hiked back up to the car.
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