Heritage Sites of Palestine

Ultra orthodox Jewish men pray during 17 of Tamuz, a day of fast, inside the biblical Tomb of Rachel, Judaism's third holiest shrine, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, July 19, 2011
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Rachel's Tomb
On the fringes of Bethlehem, Rachel's tomb is the supposed burial site of the Biblical Rachel, a figure of prominence in the mythology of Jewish return to the Holy Land. Like those of other Biblical figures, the tomb is of spiritual significance to all three Abrahamic faiths.

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