Super moon

 

Super flower blood moon

The super flower blood moon is upon us .... It's a fabulous sight. Last night  saw it rising over the City Walls. After midnight the light is so bright my room was lit up through the window. I wish I had gone out for a walk then ... the streets and trees and buildings would look magical under the moonlight.

The rocket ceasefire is still holding ... so that's good news. However street fighting, lynchings and racial clashes continue. I read in the news that an arab driver was dragged out of his car and beaten by a gang of jews in the city of Lod (biblical Lydda); while in another place 2 arabs threw a molotov cocktail into a jewish home. Arab families with leftwing jewish supporters have been protesting in front of a municipal court because they're threatened with eviction from their homes ... this time not in Sheikh Jarrah but another part of town. Peace is unlikely in the near future ... 

Confrontation of kids and
police

Last night on my way home, I saw a crowd surrounding a police post at Damascus Gate and an ambulance that was just leaving the scene. Someone must have been hurt. Getting closer I saw it was a crowd of very young boys ... 12 - 13 yr olds protesting the police who were lined up in a row. Adults stood far off filming the whole thing. I'm not sure what happened but I guess one of the boys was hurt and the rest of the boys are blaming the police. As I walked on, the shoutings got louder and finally the police charged at the kids, chasing them away.

I'm still holding the helm at the library as my worker is still in hospital. However today I had a nice surprise. A 17th century book that had a cover made from an old parchment was analysed by an expert medieval musicologist as a 15th century manuscript. It was a great surprise and joy to find this out. I had sent a photo of the re-used manuscript to the expert yesterday. Now it publish this finding!