Ari'el, West Bank, Israel — West Asia (the Levant in the Middle East)
The Lion's Trail - Ariel
"Oh Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled!
Add year to year, and let your cycle of festivals go on "
Isaiah 29:1
The Jewish People have lived here for over 3,000 years.
Donated by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation in cooperation with the City of Ariel.
Sam Philipe: Sculptor
Erected 2023 by Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 32° 6.141′ N, 35° 9.922′ E. Marker is in Ari'el, Judea and Samaria Area (West Bank). It is on Hayarden Street east of Route 4775, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Asia, specifically in West Asia, in the Middle East, in The Levant, on the Red Sea, in a coastal Mediterranean country, and in the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, a British Mandate, and the Roman Empire.
More about this marker. The Lion's Trail sculpture is part of a national series of Jewish historical interpretive Lion sculptures located throughout present and biblical Israel. The City of Ariel is sited on land belonging to the Hebrew/Jewish tribe of Manasseh.
The Lion is located along the main Samarian-West Bank access road.
The City of Ariel is considered disputed Israeli territory by Israel and occupied Palestinian land taken from the Jordanian annexed areas during the 1967 Six Day War by the Palestinian Authority.
Regarding The Lion's Trail - Ariel. The name of the city "Ariel" is one of the names of Jerusalem.
The Lion is fabricated by noted Jerusalem sculptor Sam Philipe.
Also see . . .
1. Ariel. (Submitted on March 10, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
2. Ariel University. "Current enrollment at the university is about 14,000, including Jewish (secular and Orthodox), Arab, Druze, and Circassian Israeli students. It also has the largest number of Ethiopian-born students in any Israeli university...there are 600+ Arab citizens of Israel students." (Submitted on March 10, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 10, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on October 6, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 10, 2024, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.


