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David Vaaknin

The Druze Israeli town of Hurfeish, seen from Mount Zvul.

Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Mount Meron.

A group of horse-riders on the trail below the Amud, a striking limestone pillar rising from a stream of the same name, Upper Amud Stream Nature Reserve.

Shai Koren, district manager of Upper Galilee Israel Nature and Parks Authority, standing on the Mediterranean shoreline of Achziv National Park.

A hiker passes a trail marker, Upper Amud Stream Nature Reserve.

Fishermen cast lines into natural lagoons and sea pools at Achziv National Park on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, one end of the Yam Le Yam trail.