Festival of Lights 2

Inside Zedekiah's Cave

And the political circus gets darker ... the extreme right-winger was sworn in as Defense Minister. The bill will be passed for the death penalty for arabs (only ... and not for jews who commit the same crime). The fear is now that any arab can be deemed a terrorist and can be killed legally. See
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.722390

Right wing groups are rejoicing. Now they have their leader in the govt. Now in social websites, the right-wingers are throwing out the left-wingers .... no more house rents to leftists, no more sales for leftists ... it's an all out attack on the left.  See http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.722103  The country is becoming a terrifying place for non rightists and non jews.

The amazing caves and tunnels

The jewish Pentecost or Shavuot will soon be celebrated on June 11 and 12. The days between Passover and Pentecost is the Lag BaOmer when the jews light bonfires ... probably to burn away the sheaves after the wheat harvest. Well the other day the ultra-orthodox community burned an israeli flag as part of the bonfire. Shocking ... but the ultra-orthodox do not recognize the State of Israel and consider it an abomination against God's Will.

The tiny unassuming entrance
to the Cave

Anyway I managed to see the rest of the Green route display of the Light Festival. This is the Muslim Quarter but outside the Walls. The last display is inside Zadekiah's Cave. I've never been inside it ... but last night I went (it was free). The cave is amazing! It is so huge ... over 200 meters long, 10 meters below street level and at places 100 meters wide. Above that immense space are hundreds of houses .... I couldn't stop thinking if it cave would collapse. The cave ends 100 meters away from the Al Aqsa Mosque and very close to the Struthion Pool (Ecco Homo) and my house. I was very tired but it was worth the walk. Simply amazing. And it's all underground ... below our houses. At the largest space in the Cave there was a light display synchronized with music.