A Jewish man stands at a lookout overlooking a road that was opened for two days during Passover celebrations, near the ...

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A sign indicating to stop is seen near the Israeli-Egyptian border, at a road that was opened for two days during the Jewish ...

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about 15 miles from the Egyptian border to the west and the Jordanian border to the east. Here, rainfall averages 10 or 11 inches each year and temperatures frequently hover near 100 degrees.