In 1948 Jordan gained control of the old city of Jerusalem and - TopicsExpress



          

In 1948 Jordan gained control of the old city of Jerusalem and held it until 1967. Since 1967 Israel has been in control of Jerusalem and its holy sites. When I looked at the photo below I was struck by the massive and tightly packed crowd of thousands of Christians who, under the Israeli administration of Jerusalem, were able yesterday to go to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to celebrate the Holy Fire ritual. The first thing the photo brought to mind was that for the 20 years that Arabs were in control of the Jerusalem holy sites, they allowed ZERO Jews to go to the Western Wall, the most sacred Jewish site in the world. The second thing the photo brought to mind was that crowd control must have been an enormous problem for the Israeli police at the site. Thank God they managed to slow the rushing crowd down enough so that no one was crushed. And then I read the text that accompanied the photo. UN envoy slams Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ police handling of ‘Holy Fire’ ritual in Jerusalem .... Serry said he, along with Italian, Norwegian and Dutch diplomats, was forced to wait for up to 30 minutes... That remark brought a third thought to mind. Serry must be one very stupid bigot.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:26:00 +0000

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