Before the real review begins....
Jerusalem.... a place of unwanted but still united religious significant...
this is the holy place for 3 of the worlds most popular religions...
Islam, Christianity and Judaism. here all people from the respected faith come pray yet have no tolerance about each other.
My Journey to Israel. ( Some lines may sound Unreal.. as reality is more worse then thought)
Landed on Ben Gurion International Airport 40 km far from Jerusalem I thought of spending some time with the eastern side of Arab villages...
We were a group of 7 people in them 1 Arab teen couple, 3 Indians, 1 Syrian girl and 1 Israeli.
Gaza Strip a Palestine village. it was a place of awesome beauty.
we stayed at a old house owned by a old couple who lived below poverty.
Abdullah was their only grandson 11 years old. his radiant face, his hair never combed, very particular about his clean clothes. his playful smile he was a darling for us...
Abdullah used to show us the beauty of his village... spending time we all together was fun.
One night while we were having a fun.... a sudden noise tearing the wind came... followed by another then started coming from all sides... I could just see the beam of the light in the air.. Abdul scream get down the settlers are firing .. we now were in Agony...
The car was 90 feet away.. and we wanted to go back to the village... but everyone was scared to lift their head... we crawled in the car..the keys were still in the bag near the fire... no one got down... we all were head down in the car.. I lifted to see and was shocked....
Abdullah walked near the fire and lifted the bag... I saw no fear in his eyes... he prayed something and said.. in Arabic.. This is my Land! I fear not to die but fear to die as coward....’’ he came back we hugged him then I saw blood... it was on his neck.... I was stunned.... we drove madly to find some help we reached village.
His grandfather said it was nothing and he applied something on his wounds and said with tears in his eyes.. my Abdullah reminds me of my son he was brave too... ’’May God have Mercy on his soul’’
Grandfather’s story revealed that Abdullah’s parents and his elder brother were killed in a military ambush ... those people(Israeli settlers) came and occupied their lands and kills us so that they can conquer.
I can see Abdullah’s smiling face and waving hands still in my eyes while we left the village...
Finally we landed on the place where the three faiths meet Jerusalem..
seeing the site my eyes was full of tears.
I could see Muslims, christians and Jew praying... I wish it could be that united all over the world..
something I cannot do is...
To get that unobtainium for solving the misery of life..
Waking-up people from using aspersion on Palestinians
Back to Jerusalem
Places for Visit
-The Western Wall (The Wailing Wall)
-Church of the Holy Sepulchre
-The Al-Aqsa Mosque
-Shrine of the Book
-The David Tower Museum
To do
Follow instructions
never move unattended
keep in touch
avoid confrontation
Enjoy the beauty... of this place.
-Panga! na liyo...