Street blessing

Orthodox priests blessing the streets 

Daylight saving started yesterday night but many people forgot about it because of the headlines about the virus and the harsh lockdown we're under. I saw on the fb post that christian religious leaders have gone around the Christian Quarter praying and blessing the area for the virus epidemic to end and people remain safe. Let's hope it works. The Mayor of Jerusalem also gathered all the religious heads ... jewish, muslim and christian ... to the rooftop of his office and held a prayer service. Though they sat at a fair distance from each other, they at the end gathered to take a group photo .... which of course is not allowed in social distancing.

Syrian orthodox procession

With the coronavirus spreading like wildfire all over our region ... many warring parties have stopped fighting in order to avoid their soldiers dying from the virus. Some small pockets of terrorists continue to fight and make live miserable for the poor refugees who are already fighting displacement, hunger and now the virus as well. It is despicable these extremists ... well the virus will certainly overtake them because they're not taking any precautions.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/across-middle-east-militants-hang-up-guns-to-fight-coronavirus-622375?fbclid=IwAR2QR9eCmYAzUQ_rgGElv08PJdv8mOe69bOmtv8bFBTdtCCbRX8ngSRMCrc
 

And of course sadly, the palestinians who used to work in Israel have now all lost their jobs. And those with small businesses are also at a lost. The MC sisters and myself try to prepare food packs to help out the needy families but because of the lockdown we can't go out to do it. We'll have to wait for another 5 days and hope the lockdown will be lifted.  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-palestinians-employed-in-israel-left-jobless-without-benefits-by-coronavirus-1.8711119?fbclid=IwAR3H_MGkCFPJTisFtFLjCVZjdF4LcHEa_nWxguTjo8I8N5UxPSsRmL6zWQQ