Tiberias (Israel)

Tiberias is a city built on the west side of the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Galilee is in the south west of Galilee. It was a town that was built in AD20 by the son of the infamous King Herod the Great! Traditionally Jews would not settle there as it was seen as unclean due to the fact a cemetery existed there. Over the years though it became a mixed city, that was until the British rule in the 1900's when it was part of Palestine - the Arabs and Jews began taking an eye for an eye which culminated in all out war in 1948 and the 49% Arab population being evacuated by the British military in 1949. Today it is very much a Jewish city, although a ...  Read the complete review