I recently visited my old friend Ayoub in Fassouta up near the Lebanese border in the Western Galilee – one of the few Arab villages populated almost, if not entirely by Christians. Ayoub’s wife likes to use a certain kind of rennet for making cheese from the goat’s milk from their herd, and I had … Read More »
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Bread baked over fire
There is something about the Western Galilee that enchants me. The landscape is so rugged and pristine, and it seems like the spirits of Crusaders are still hovering in the air. There are villages here that are particularly isolated from mainstream Israeli life, and one of them is Fassuta. It is populated by Christian Arabs … Read More »