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# Americans in Jaffa

[Levi Zelkind](https://www.best-israel-tours.com/about-zelkind-bible-land-tours) · 15 June 2020

Was Mark Twain right when called them mad people and Palestine - a barren land forever

Americans in Jaffa

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