Current sectionIsrael NewsTravel in IsraelShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThe oil press in Wadi Hamam, with Mount Nitai in the background. Credit: Gil Eliahu The abandoned village of Hurbat Hamam offers gems of Israeli archaeology including decorated sarcophagi and an ancient synagogue's ruins, with ragged Sicily-like hills as the backdropMoshe Gilad05:58 PM • June 04 2026 IDTOn a class trip, two children who had walked down Mount Arbel in the north stopped in the middle of the path and watched a cow nursing a calf. "Do you think that cow is dangerous?" one of them asked me. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel tourismSea of GalileeGalileeIsrael archaeologyCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTrumpGulfLebanonAdam HamawyFake Haaretz'Cabaret'HaQuizHaaretz PodcastFor a Quiet Cease-fire Day: An Ancient Village With a Dash of SicilyIsrair Flight Diverted to Croatia After Slovenia Refuses LandingBibi-ism: The Concept That Changed Israeli Politics – Mostly for the WorseHezbollah Rejects Lebanon Cease-fire as Israeli Forces Prepare for 'Next Stage'Where Was Cotton Domesticated? Messy Genetics Dishes Up Surprising AnswerRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says