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#Jerusalem

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One of my favorite photos from #Jerusalem. Back in 2010 I went on a pilgrimage there. One Sunday I decided to follow in Mary Magdalene’s steps and journey to Jesus’ tomb in the early morning. I walked the Old City streets well before sunrise and, after being startled a few times by the many cats of Jerusalem, made my way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. On the way I captured a few photos on my iPhone. When editing, I liked it in both color and sepia.

#Easter #City #MiddleEast #photography #travel

:youtube: **Nazareth, Galilee and Jerusalem: ITN Explores the Holy Land (1958)**

ITN Archive

“_On 1 May 1958, ITN’s Michael Barely took viewers on a trip around the Holy Land. He reported from several sites of Biblical significance including including Nazareth, Ashkelon and the Sea of Galilee. He ended his report in Jerusalem where he watched tourists navigate the border of the divided city (in 1958, West Jerusalem was under Israeli control while East Jerusalem was annexed by Jordan)._”

#Video length: sixteen minutes and fifty-three seconds.

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=d_OqNasfhV

📢 Palestine condemned on Sunday ISR police assaults on #christians during the Holy Saturday celebrations as “racist” and “a blatant violation of the freedom of worship and access to holy sites”

On Saturday, ISR police clashed with Palestinian Christians during the Holy Saturday observances at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of #jerusalem

#easter

📰 Report: MEMO 👇🏽

middleeastmonitor.com/20250420

Middle East Monitor · Palestine condemns Israeli police assaults on Christians in occupied East JerusalemBy Middle East Monitor