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WORDS EMMA THOMSON

PHOTOGRAPHS DAVID VAAKNIN

Following Israel’s long-distance Yam le Yam (‘sea

to sea’) hike from the Mediterranean to the Sea

of Galilee is to undertake a journey through the

ages, crossing Biblical valleys, past sacred

mountains and Crusader landmarks — and to

be welcomed into remote Druze villages where

life continues much as it has done for millennia

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