Grey skies

Cloudy grey skies today

The weather has gone all cloudy and cold today. It feels like autumn again. In fact we're expecting lots of rain as forecast ... but the clouds don't seem to be giving us any. It's keeping us in suspense.

Tourists have suddenly returned this week and our streets are again blocked by hundreds of groups walking down the ay of the Cross. I guess hotels are cheaper now that the jewish holidays are over. But muslim pilgrims have also increased a lot. The ban on Indonesian groups by Israel must have been lifted because christian and muslim Indonesian groups are everywhere in the Old City. However a collateral war is being waged by Israeli tour guides against christian pilgrim guides. They have gone to court to stop the latter from guiding because it undercuts their income and religious guides are ill-educated and lower the quality of tourism. Yes I agree there are some religious guides who know nothing and talk a lot of nonsense ... but so are some Israeli guides. They mock our religion, spread lies and make tons of money through shopping commissions. They don't like christians ... they like christian money.

Jaffa Gate crowded with tourists

And like I said previously, something fishy is happening in my blog. My stats report one day 18 views and another day 1600 views. Sure smells fishy ... like it's being hacked. My FB, and emails have all been hacked several times so I'm not surprised. But why me?

Tensions are rising in the Palestinian Territories as Israeli soldiers arrest the family of the murderer in yesterday's attack. Arabs are protesting and fighting back. This tit-for-tat game will not end. More jewish settlers now will burn arab olive groves during this harvest season. And the cycle of violence rolls on. What a miserable winter it will be.