Tag Archives: Conflict
Leaving it all behind: a journey to Jaffa and the coast.
Jerusalem on a Shabbat is as close as the initial sequences of 28 days later as it can get. Empty streets, only a few hours before riddled with busy pedestrians and erratic motorist, stretched in every direction. No buses, no … Continue reading
(Not finding) my religion in the Holy Land: confession of a sceptical in Jerusalem.
For some people, the moment of detachment from a religious view they used to hold is a momentous one, the culmination of days – perhaps months – of introspection, self-assessment and doubt. In my case, instead, I cannot point out … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Faith, Israel
Tagged Abraham, Al Aqsa, Allah, Christianity, Conflict, Dome of the Rock, God, Hebrew, Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, Isaac, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jordan, Judaism, King of Jordan, Moshe Dayan, Muhammad, Muslim, Temple Mount, Wailing wall, Wall, War, Western wall
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51 years between them
So it’s official. Naftali, Gilad and Eyal, the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped just outside Hebron, West Bank, have been found dead. They barely had 51 years of age between all of them. It also seems that they had been killed … Continue reading
Posted in Holy land, Israel, Palestine, Reflections
Tagged Conflict, Hebron, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
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