Tourists are swarming in ...

Incredible sunset over
the Old City

Although there have been a couple of stabbing attacks outside of Jerusalem, there's a strange development in the terrorist attacks ... a rise in car hit-and-run incidents. In the past 2 days some 5 incidents have occurred outside of Jerusalem. And they're all lone-wolf attacks. Nevertheless the draconian measures of the govt is having effect, and incidents have been greatly reduced.

The worrying part of this is the rise of panic among the jews and the rise of mob lynchings. And yesterday a jew on board a bus attacked 2 soldiers and tried to steal their weapons. He was shot dead. But the police were clear: he was not a terrorist. If he were a non-jew he would be a terrorist. Double standards??? http://live.jpost.com/Israel-News/Man-tries-to-stab-passengers-on-bus-steal-weapon-428685

Pilgrims venerating the relic of
the Cross

Tourists continue to come ... and churches are packed with them. But they move quickly from one site to another ... or to the guides' advantage, to visit jewish sites instead of christian sites. That's the end of the christian pilgrimage. It's a jewish tour in the name of a christian pilgrimage. Hopefully christians who pay good money to come here are not fooled by this; but being christians, they usually are. Why can't we form intelligent christians who have the courage to denounce and stand up to ruthless manipulation and tricks? Rhetorical question ......