Photo Essay: Snow Blankets Jerusalem, Beit El and Gush Etzion
Heavy snows fell in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, as well as the Negev and northern Israel. Arutz Sheva takes you there...
By Ezra HaLevi
First Publish: 1/31/2008, 5:29 PM
Heavy snows fell in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, as well as the Negev and northern Israel. Arutz Sheva takes you there...
Jerusalem
A lone worshipper at the Western Wall (there is also a warm indoor section).
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
A view of the Temple Mount and western Jerusalem.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
Jews enter the snow-capped Damascus Gate of the Old City.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
The Knesset Wednesday, hours before the Winograd Report was to be made public.
(Photo: Pinchas Orbach)
(Photo: Pinchas Orbach)
The Jerusalem neighborhood of Yemin Moshe, on the western side of the Old City.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
A family poses for a picture with the snow outside the Old City.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
Police near the Damascus Gate (Sha'ar Shechem) have a snowball fight.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
The Mount of Olives cemetery, Temple Mount and Jerusalem.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
The Begin Expressway, which cuts through Jerusalem.
(Photo: Pinchas Orbach)
(Photo: Pinchas Orbach)
A JCB construction bulldozer is used to clear the snow in Jerusalem.
(Photo: Pinchas Orbach)
(Photo: Pinchas Orbach)
A snowman boasts kippa-wearing smiley cookies as eyes.
(Photo: Yechiel Stein)
(Photo: Yechiel Stein)
Border Police at the snow-covered Western Wall of the Temple Mount.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
Prayer podiums at the Western Wall plaza.
(Photo: Flash 90)
(Photo: Flash 90)
Beit El 






Snow in Beit El.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
Snow near the Artiss, in Beit El.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
Snow in Beit El.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
Snow-free Tel Aviv can be seen on the horizon from Beit El.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
A tree near the Artiss, also known as Pisgat Yaakov, next to Beit El.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
Terraces in the Binyamin region.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
The Tomb of Devorah, the Matriarch Rebecca's nurse.
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
(Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
Gush Etzion
Terraces in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
An Israeli flag weighed down by snow in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A street scene in the snowed-in Gush Etzion town of Neve Daniel.
(Photo: Laura Ben-David)
(Photo: Laura Ben-David)
A dog looks toward Bethlehem, in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
The northern entrance to Efrat and the Jerusalem-Hevron Highway - seen from Sde Boaz.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
Vineyards on the outskirts of the hilltop community of Sde Boaz, in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A frosty fig tree in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
Ancient structures and terraces in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
Tracks on the fresh snow on an unplowed dirt road in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A windswept pine tree in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
Snow-covered olive trees in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A snow-laden bush in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
Wild tomatoes still on the vine near Sde Boaz, in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A tractor and farm equipment in the snow.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A spring-fed pool in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A spring in Gush Etzion refuses to freeze near the source.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A snow-covered Herodion (Herodium), in eastern Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
A snow-covered terrace.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
An old building near Sde Boaz, in Gush Etzion.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
The Hareidi-Religious town of Beitar Illit, covered in snow.
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
(Photo: Ezra HaLevi)
Readers and photographers, feel free to link to more snowy Israel pictures in the talkback section.
