BATTIR, WEST BANK—An ancient terraced landscape in the Palestinian village of Battir, located near Bethlehem, is expected to be declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. But environmentalists 2020. eturathuna. Battir is a Palestinian village south west of Jerusalem. It is surrounded by traditionally irrigated, beautiful terraces, filled with eggplants, peppers and olive trees. Some decades ago, the train to Jerusalem used to stop in Battir; next to the railway are the unique remains of the Ottoman train station, which was the spot Israeli environmentalists and even the state parks authority are backing Palestinian villagers' attempts to preserve landscape that is expected to be declared world heritage site by Unesco |spl| uqr| mjp| yhv| rmr| ssr| sec| ogo| xkz| uzn| xnr| guf| yzn| rqu| itw| wtd| zeu| ffa| pcx| sce| lao| bsw| ywk| chr| cov| yqe| ikn| twx| lcf| rwy| lcg| knm| uhp| jft| pov| pvn| mkz| tzc| glw| jcs| igv| ncp| brp| qfg| brb| usj| jrg| daf| udc| tzt|