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State Department Travel Warning II

My last post was perhaps too cynical about the State Department's revised advisory regarding travel to Israel. The State Department urges Americans to avoid "crowded public places, such as restaurants and cafes, shopping and market areas and malls, pedestrian zones, public transportation of all kinds, including buses and trains and their respective stations/terminals, and the areas around them."

I had initially thought that this limited a visitor to his or her hotel room, but upon further reflection, I realize that the State Department has no problem with visiting burial places in Israel.

Of course, that does not include Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem or the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, since the West Bank is still to be completely avoided. But if one wants to head north over to Amukah or Meron or any of the other holy Jews buried in the Safed area, it seems as though Condi Rice is fine with that.
posted on 4/12/2005