The Highest Peak(s)

A great site for maps, albeit in Hebrew - Amudanan.co.il

I just hiked Wadi Qelt over the weekend -
Started at the settlement of Alon, hiked down into the stream at Ein Mabua, full of water!
Then we continued down to Ein Qelt, the half way point, and then all the way to the monastery, following the red trail.
After Ein Qelt the aqueduct is being renovated and all the water is diverted back into the river bed - but it doesn't reach the monastery
Take into consideration about 6-7 hours of hiking, with stops to swim in the pools.
Also - it's winter - make sure there are no rains forecasted as there is a real danger of flash flooding.

I as an Israeli cannot continue to Jericho, though it's really quite close. To get back to Jerusalem or to your car you'd have to hitch - it's about 10K back to the main highway from the monastery.

#8 (catw)

Let me remind you that the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war is enshrined in international law.

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Oh. You mean like Morocco's "acquisition" in West Sahara, Turkey's "acquisition" in Cyprus, etc.

A1:
Don't you realize that those cases are "different" ? If Parrotw mentioned them it would be considered Islamophobia by every politically-correct AsAEuropean !

a1,

You forgot Armenia's occupation or liberation of Nagornot Karabach.

On another note, there are far better places to hike in the Golan than the Hermon area. Nahal Zivitan is 1 I can think of, but you would like need a guide

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What about the Italian occupation of the Austrian Tyrol ?

The Wadi Qelt is in the Palestinian territory, not in Israel. Going there with settlers is obviously a bad idea.

The hike is very popular with expats living in Jerusalem or Ramallah, it's easy to join one of the tours organized by expat associations or by Palestinian hiking groups for expats.

http://www.walkingpalestine.org/

#15 (catw)

The Wadi Qelt is in the Palestinian territory, not in Israel.

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Stop misleading potential travelers. Regardless of your political opinion as to whose territory it is, Wadi Qelt is in territory under full Israeli control. A potential hiker is likely to misinterpret what you wrote to mean that it is under full Palestinian control (Area A), which it definitely isn't.

The Wadi Qelt is in the Palestinian territory (West Bank), not in Israel. The hike ends in Jericho, which settlers are forbidden to access under Israeli law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Qelt

only settlers are forbidden to access Jericho under Israeli law?

#17 (catw)

The Wadi Qelt is in the Palestinian territory (West Bank), not in Israel. The hike ends in Jericho, which settlers are forbidden to access under Israeli law.

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Again, you are misleading potential hikers. They couldn't care less whose territory it is. The only thing which matters is who controls the route of the hike and in this case the trail is in Israel-controlled territory. Wadi Qelt indeed ends near Jericho, but the trail is in Israel-controlled territory.

And all Israelis are forbidden from entering the city of Jericho, since it is in Palestinian-controlled Area A.

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