Israel, Ein Bokek, Dead Sea, Visitors relax in the warm waters of the Dead Sea at the resort of Ein Bokek in Israel.

Israel, Ein Bokek, Dead Sea, Visitors relax in the warm waters of the Dead Sea at the resort of Ein Bokek in Israel.

Israel, Ein Bokek, Dead Sea, A young woman wades in the Dead Sea at the resort of Ein Bokek in Israel.

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jericho, Pomegranate fruit, Punica granatum, on a tree in Jericho, Occupied Territory of the West Bank.

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jericho, Pomegranate fruit, Punica granatum, on a tree in Jericho, Occupied Territory of the West Bank.

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera, growing next to the Jordan River in the Occupied Terrritory of the West Bank.

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera, growing next to the Jordan River in the Occupied Terrritory of the West Bank.

Israel, A Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera, in the ruins of the Biblical town of Magdala on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was the home of Mary Magdalene in the New Testament of the Bible.

Palestine, Qumram National Park, Bougainvillea species flowers in bloom in Qumram National Park in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank.

Palestine, Bethany, Occupied West Bank, An elderly Palestinian woman wearing a hijab or headscarf in the town of Bethany or al-Azariya in the Occupied West Bank.

Israel, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, A Palestinian Arab man wearing an ornately decorated taqiyah or skull cap. Many Muslim men wear the taqiyah to emulate Mohammed, who always had his head coveredl.

Israel, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, A Palestinian Arab man with his copper teapot on his back sells a cold drink made of tamarind juice and rose water by the Damascus Gate.