The third day of our visit in Jerusalem was democracy day. We visited the "Kneset" building. We experienced all the security examination, and the "Knesset" guide was with us. The wall tapestry made by Mark Shagal was beautiful; all the history of the Jewish nation was on this tapestry. After visiting the Knesset plenum hall we met two Knesset members: an Arab Knesset member Zhahalka and a Jewish one Malkior who was a minister too. The questions of the participants were about co existent, daily life and the answers were according their political point of view.
We lunched at the rose garden near the Knesset building and then we entered the Supreme Court building. The view points in the supreme court yard are such, that from one side you can see the government building and from the other side you can see the knesset building, this view point is the Israeli democracy essence.
The tour in the Supreme Court building was very interesting. We received explanation about its wonderful planning, like the natural sunny light that lights the building. We met a Bedouin judge who was born in Tel Sheva near Beer Sheva . he told us his fascinating life story with a great sense of humor.
Early in the evening we met Idan and Basem. Idan is a Israeli play writer and Basem is an Arab who is lives in east Jerusalem and was in the Israeli prison. He lost his daughter in a Israeli army operation. They belong to organization that supports dialog and not revenge. They told use their stories, the touching story of Basem touched sensitive Idan and he wrote a play about Basem's story. It was a very special evening.
Early in the night we visited David Tower. We climbed to the highest view point on the roof of the castle. The panoramic view of Jerusalem at this night was very exciting. Then we went to the Kottel tunnels. It was like going in time machine back in history. We stood in a point in the tunnel that is the nearest place to the holiest place in the Jewish temple, we saw remains of big fires from the past there, we walked on a street that remained from the second temple time. We finished our visit very late 3 a.m. We reached again the Kottel yard, there, life goes on without any pause.
The next day was Adam Adama Day - men and land in Jerusalem. We walked from the school we slept at, to Ein Karem village. It was a very hot day. Afterward we traveled to the proconsul palace in east Jerusalem and we entered again to a tunnel the ancient citizens of Jerusalem passed water to Jerusalem. We reached to the proconsul palace promenade, where divided into groups there in groups we sum our visit in Jerusalem. In the horizon we saw the wall that separates Jerusalem from the west bank.
In the evening we returned to Ein Karem to receive the Shabbat and then we went to Israeli Arab girls' choir that came to us from the Galilee, afterward there was a dancing party that went on into the night.
So we neared to the last part of our journey: home hospitality in Shaar Hanegev, Lakiya and Segev Shalom.
Questions:
A. The Israeli Democracy situated in beautiful thoughtful desiged building so why is the Israeli democracy so ugly?
B. Is Jerusalem more beautiful during the day or during the night? What is outstanding in Jerusalem during the day and what is outstanding during the night?
C. Do we, in Jitli project have any roll in changing Jerusalem to be the city of peace?
D. We met so many points of co-existent in Jerusalem;would it influence us in short term? In long term?
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Itzik
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