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Travel Weekly Editor in Chief Arnie Weissmann, left, greets Tony Blair. The former U.K. prime minister now heads an effort to broker Mideast peace.

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Mideast travel mission

Travel Weekly Editor in Chief Arnie Weissmann, left, greets Tony Blair. The former U.K. prime minister now heads an effort to broker Mideast peace.

Travel Weekly Editor in Chief Arnie Weissmann, left, greets Tony Blair. The former U.K. prime minister now heads an effort to broker Mideast peace.

In Jericho, the ruins of Hisham’s Palace, built by a prince of the Umayyad Empire in the eighth century.

Inside the church with Jacob’s Well in Nabulus. The church’s caretakers still draw water from the well, and visitors are encouraged to drink from it.

The Dome of the Rock.

A religious school performs at the Western Wall.

Posters of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the souk in Nabulus.

Inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Hats for sale at the maze-like souk in the center of Nabulus.

A view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.

Pilgrims carry a cross up Via Dolorosa in East Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas opened the Palestinian Investment Conference in Bethlehem.

An Israeli settlement.

Vendors and shoppers at the souk in the center of Nabulus.

Graffiti adorns the 25-foot security wall built around and through parts of the West Bank. In most cases, the messages don’t take a virulently anti-Israeli stance but are instead an appeal to conscience.

Famed graffiti artist Banksy has visited Bethlehem on several occasions; his works are displayed throughout the town.

Another Bansky work.

Another Bansky work.

Another Bansky work.

Like the torn-down Berlin Wall, the bottom third or so of the West Bank security wall is covered in graffiti.

Former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair.