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​The importance, value and renown of Bet She'arim were due to the fact that it was home to a great rabbi – Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi – who was the religious, spiritual and political leader of the Jewish people at the time, and compiler of the Mishnah (the oral laws). Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi wanted to be buried in Bet She'arim, and his tomb was built during his lifetime. The story of the town encapsulates the story of Jewish settlement of the time, the story of its people, their actions, and their great faith.

The Snir Stream (Hatsbani) is the longest of the Jordan River tributaries. The stream flows all year round, through a well-developed "riverside forest" of plane trees and travertine walls

A refreshing recreational park at the foot of Mt. Gilboa, where the Harod spring rises in a cave and flows into a stream

Deep ravines cross the center of the rocky Golan Heights, through which waterfalls flow into deep pools. Between the canyons, a park forest of Mt Tabor oaks grows on the heights

Megiddo was one of the strongest and most important cities of Canaan. The remains of the palaces, temples, gates, and the sophisticated water system of the city are evidence of its great power.

Taninim Stream Nature Reserve, A wonderful coastal waterscape

The Hula Nature Reserve is a site of world-wide importance for water birds and is a most important wet habitat in the Middle East

Ashkelon National Park is a fascinating antiquities site, a park in which to spend time in the heart of nature, and a wonderful bathing beach - all in one.

Nebi Samuel Park is a fascinating combination of antiquities, agricultural terraced landscapes, mountain spring, and orchards. At the heart of the site is a large building from the Crusader period, containing the tomb of the prophet Samuel

The baptismal site on the banks of the Jordan River, Qasr al-Yahud, is the site where according to tradition, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist